The pressures of bed blocking are highlighted in a BBC report from one of Scotland's busiest A&E units.
Scotland Health Correspondent
That is almost one in six beds taken up by someone who could be sent home or moved to care elsewhere if suitable support was available. Figures for July and August 2022 showed the highest average number of beds occupied due to delayed discharge since guidance came into place in 2016.The emergency department at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary is routinely the busiest in the country.Of 2,265 people who attended A&E there in the week to 16 October, less than half were dealt with within the government target of four hours.
Prof Emma Reynish, a care of the elderly consultant at ERI, said hospital was not always the right place for people to be. She said there was always lots of discussion about whether patients were safe to go back to the same environment they came from. NHS Lothian has introduced a new system "discharge without delay" meaning that from the moment a patient arrives in hospital a team starts working on how to get them home.The hope is that it can reduce the length of stay for patients by several days.Abi Sayo works with elderly patients to ensure they have options when they leave hospital
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