Delayed discharge of elderly blamed on funding gap

By Sally E Gainsbury2007-11-08T09:00:00

Bed-blocking is being driven up because hospitals are discharging patients earlier and social services do not have the resources to cope, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has claimed.

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