According to NHS statistics, a 'snapshot' day showed 1,651 'additional bed days' had been accrued by Lancashire and South Cumbria patients who had spent at least a week extra in hospital after they had been deemed to meet the criteria to be discharged
The proportion of patients stuck in hospital across Lancashire and South Cumbria when they were medically fit to leave has fallen to one of the lowest rates in the country.
However, other stats reveal the scale of the challenge that nevertheless remains to ensure patients do not spend any longer in hospital than they need to. According to NHS statistics analysed by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, on a ‘snapshot’ day during the week commencing August 21, 1,651 “additional bed days” had been accrued by Lancashire and South Cumbria patients who had spent at least a week extra in hospital after they had been deemed to meet the criteria to be discharged.
However, waiting for a bed in a nursing or residential home was a far less common cause of delay – an average of 10 across the weekly snapshots – while the same stats indicate that nobody was delayed as a result of awaiting a medical decision or for their discharge summary to be written.
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