The NHS Alliance's third annual survey of NHS patient discharge information found problems persist with accuracy and, crucially, timeliness. Since 1st April this year – in just six months – one in ...

Technology is being piloted to help free up NHS hospital beds which are occupied by people fit to be sent home, officials have announced. The platform uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help ...

NHS England is looking at new plans to speed up the discharge of people stuck in hospital beds who are medically fit to leave. Hospitals are under increasing pressure due to delayed discharges – where ...

Hospitals in England are operating at close to full capacity, with patients facing often facing lengthy waits for admission and ambulances stuck outside emergency departments. Seasonal pressures from ...

The British Medical Association has rejected Welsh government guidance on discharging people from hospital Patients discharged from hospital without social care packages could die at home, doctors ...

Hundreds of patients are taking up hospital beds across England every day despite being ready to leave, according to NHS data. Figures show the biggest obstacle to speedy discharge is lack of beds in ...

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