Patients fit for discharge stuck in hospital for up to nine months

By Matt Discombe2022-08-31T06:06:00

Medically fit patients are waiting up to nine months to be discharged from some NHS hospitals as increasing numbers of working age people develop more complex conditions amid ongoing social care shortages.

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