HOSPITALS are clogged with a record number of “bed-blockers” who are fit to go home, NHS figures show. Nurses are holding their second consecutive day of strike action today, with thousands of staf…
Saffron Cordery, chief of NHS Providers, said: “Bed occupancy remains very high with nearly 19 in 20 beds occupied.
“This problem is compounded by the fact that, every day, more than 14,000 medically fit patients cannot leave hospital. “Staff are incredibly concerned that this could impact patient care as those levels are far above what’s safe – more beds are desperately needed. “The £250million announced by the government to free up beds is welcome, given the urgent need to ease pressures, but this needs to reach the frontline without delay.”The amount of time paramedics wasted waiting to hand patients over to casualty dropped by 60 per cent from 36,000 hours to 14,000 last week.
Health services are still being blighted by strikes, with thousands of appointments and operations cancelled this week during nurse walkouts.in the biggest ever health strike.
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