From Public Health Scotland, today, clear evidence that delayed discharge ‘bed-blocking’, from hospitals for any reason, have been in steady decline for six months and are approaching pre-pandemic levels.
Code 9 complex reasons: It is acknowledged that some discharge arrangements may be more complex due to the specific care needs of the person. Complex delays have been captured as code 9 from 2006.
Bed occupancy is currently 85%: https://www.gov.scot/publications/inpatient-census-2022-part-1-mental-health-learning-disability-inpatient-bed-census-part-2-out-scotland-nhs-placements/pages/3/
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I never cease to be amazed at the news we don’t get from the MSM.
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Personal care allows the elderly to stay in their own homes for longer. Less costly and much more efficicient and effective. Healthcare/social care linked.
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I’ve long considered ‘bed-blocking’ a bit of a political red-herring to cover the Tory dismantling of the NHS in England.
It became a big ‘thing’ when Jeremy Rhyming Slang was trying out production line management on the NHS Trusts in England, but really blew up when Covid loomed, with disastrous consequences.
The fewer beds in England’s NHS amplifies the effect.
For sure it is an administrative problem which will never fully disappear, but better coordination between ‘social services’ and the NHS in Scotland undoubtedly explains the better performance.
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