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ICB WATCH: How bad are delayed discharges in your area? What are delayed discharges? Many patients are ready to leave the hospital each month but can't because the services they need afterwards are unavailable, such as social care, home care, or a space in a residential home. While they wait, new patients cannot secure a
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has argued that to free up beds to speed the flow of patients…
privatisation Analysis October 22, 2026 Decision time on Palantir data platform in the NHS Despite the blocking of a motion at Labour conference calling on ministers to cancel Palantir’s NHS contract over the company’s… Read More Private Providers October 20, 2026 Calls to cut links with Palantir, as benefits shrink and costs rise. Despite the
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What is it? The phrases ‘delayed discharge’ from the hospital and ‘patients that no longer meet criteria to reside’ are frequently used in relation to hospital problems. Both refer to patients who are well enough to leave the hospital but have not yet been discharged. How big is the problem? 3 Key points The latest
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