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Lord Storey (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 February 2026

Debate

Hospitals: Delayed Discharges

Contribution

My Lords, bed-blocking—as we refer to it, as opposed to delayed discharges—is a very sensitive issue, for the hospital and the patient. It leads to people waiting in corridors to be treated. Many different ways have been attempted to deal with this: expanding home-based care, utilising spare capacity in care homes, and through adult social care. Talking about adult social care, can the Minister tell us where we are up to on phase 1 of the report by the noble Baroness, Lady Casey, which is meant to be implemented in mid-2026, because that will be a first step towards solving the problem?

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