A man with physical and mental health problems is “living” in a hospital even though he is fit to leave, a judge in a specialist court has heard. Lawyers representing
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More than nine out of 10 people in some parts of England are stuck in hospital beds despite being fit to leave, new analysis shows. Levels are particularly high in
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A child safeguarding board has apologised for failures in the case of a five-year-old boy who was murdered by family members, as calls were made for a Wales-wide review of
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A coroner has written to the Health Secretary with his concerns about the crisis in the social care sector leading to hospital bed-blocking and delays in ambulances reaching patients. Andrew
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The number of patients in hospital beds in England who no longer need to be there has reached a new monthly high, figures show. An average of 13,613 beds per
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There is little evidence that so-called “social prescribing link workers” improve social support or ease the burden on overstretched GP services, a new review has concluded. The new analysis, published
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NHS England is looking at new plans to speed up the discharge of people stuck in hospital beds who are medically fit to leave. Hospitals are under increasing pressure due
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Senior health staff believe the NHS has “collapsed”, MPs heard, prompting concerns over patient safety when demand increases in the winter. Health Secretary Steve Barclay sought to play down concerns
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Hospital patients who are medically fit to be sent home have been forced to wait at hospital for months on end while provisions are made to get them safely home
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Children will face longer waits for help with autism or speech problems due to NHS staff shortages outside of hospitals, health leaders have warned. The NHS Confederation and NHS Providers
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