Number of people delayed in Scottish hospitals showing a downward trend

“We learn a lot, because Scotland has actually blazed a trail in many areas of public health that we have learnt from.”

From Public Health Scotland today:

The number of people delayed in Scottish hospitals are (sic) showing a downward trend since the peak in November 2022 (1,977). At June 2023 census, 1,738 people were delayed, similar to May 2023 census (1,748). 

https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/delayed-discharges-in-nhsscotland-monthly/delayed-discharges-in-nhsscotland-monthly-figures-for-june-2023#section-2

This trend reflects a wider pattern of improvement in Scotland which has been noticed by experts in England:

SCOTLAND has “blazed a trail” in areas of health policy, chief medical officer for England Sir Chris Whitty has said.

Whitty, who alongside Scotland’s chief medical officer (CMO) Gregor Smith was knighted for his work during the Covid pandemic, praised the work on health policy north of the Border during a committee hearing at Westminster.

Speaking to MPs on the Health and Social Care Committee, Whitty said: “Firstly, just to acknowledge the really great work that is done in Scotland, although I am just speaking on England, I am the CMO for England, I talk every week, and often more than that, to my opposite number Dr Smith and his … fantastic public health colleagues in Scotland.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/23337484.chris-whitty-scotland-blazed-trail-many-areas-public-health/

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