Some trusts - including two major Greater Manchester hospital trusts - discharged as few as one in 20 patients who were ready to leave
The proportion of medically fit patients leaving hospitals in England has fallen to a new low, figures show.
READ MORE:The startling number of patients in Greater Manchester hospitals who don't need to be there Last week, Greater Manchester NHS chiefs urged people to keep away from hospitals unless absolutely necessary. Mandy Philbin, Chief Nurse at Greater Manchester Integrated Care: “I would like to thank members of the public for their support during this busy time for the NHS, by considering how they access the NHS services, such as using NHS 111 online.
There is a sharp contrast in rates across the country, with 44 per cent of medically fit patients in eastern England discharged last week, compared with just 27 per cent in north-west England and 31% in south-west England, according to PA’s analysis.The rate in London was 42 per cent, with 39 per cent for north-east England/Yorkshire, 38 per cent for the Midlands and 37 per cent for south-east England.
“We are supporting them with billions of pounds of extra funding, but in particular this winter what we want to do is make sure we move people out of hospitals into social care, into communities – that is one of the most powerful ways we can ease some of the pressures on A&E departments and ambulances that are waiting too long.”
Health Secretary Steve Barclay confirmed in November that the £500 million Adult Social Care Discharge Fund to help get people out of hospital more quickly would be provided to local health systems this winter. Speaking at the NHS Providers conference in Liverpool, he told delegates the first block of funding would be released in early December, and a second at the end of January.
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