Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 47576

Hospitals: Discharges

Tabled: 23 April 2025

Answered: 7 May 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the current number of hospital beds occupied by patients who are medically fit for discharge.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

Data collections that monitor the number of patients who are medically fit for discharge but who are not discharged are available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/discharge-delays/acute-discharge-situation...

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