Bedblocking

Keir Starmer to pledge an end to the NHS bed-blocking crisis by boosting care sector as he blames ‘eye watering’ £1.7billion bill on 13 years of Tory failureLabour will pledge to boost the care sector so that people can receive…

The Health Secretary has ordered hospitals to tackle weekend bed-blocking as he hinted the NHS is in line for more cash in today's Budget.Steve Barclay said bosses are failing to discharge enough medically fit patients on Saturdays and…

Nearly one hundred NHS trusts are dealing with fewer Covid patients than so-called 'bed-blockers', MailOnline analysis shows.More than 13,300 hospital beds across the country — or one in seven — were filled with patients declared fit for…

Therese Coffey has vowed to combat the NHS bed-blocking crisis with the launch of a £500million emergency fund.The Health and Social Care Secretary told MPs the money will help free up space in hospitals as she revealed her own nine-hour…

The NHS bed-blocking crisis was laid bare today by shock data that revealed some patients are having to wait nine months to be discharged — despite being declared medically fit to leave enough to leave.Nearly 13,000 hospital beds, one in…