By Professor John Robertson OBA

From Public Health Scotland, yesterday, the above graph and:

The average (median) length of delay for people delayed at the January 2025 census was 22 days. This is the less than December and November 2024 (both 29 days) as well as October 2024 (28 days).

In January 2025 the average number of beds occupied per day due to people delayed in hospital was 1,964. Compared to the previous three months, this is less than December 2024 (1,991), November 2024 (2,023) and October 2024 (2,029).

https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/delayed-discharges-in-nhsscotland-monthly/delayed-discharges-in-nhsscotland-monthly-figures-for-january-2025#section-2

Just as you won’t hear the above in ‘Scotland’s’ media, so you won’t here this either:

NHS Scotland had 27% fewer delayed hospital discharges than NHS Wales after decades of Labour control there but Scottish Labour conveniently ignore that

Jackie Baillie trying to fool you by exploiting the less than 4% delayed hospital discharges in Scotland while hiding from you our 50 times better care at home figures