Exclusive: Emergency patients staying an extra day in ‘congested’ hospitals

By Dave West2022-12-19T05:51:00

Patients are spending an extra day in hospital on average when admitted as an emergency compared to before covid, consuming millions of additional ‘bed days’, HSJ analysis has found.

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