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22 Jul 2016

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Knock-on effect of closing community hospitals and council nursing homes and sheltered housing

“The Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust (RCHT) and the Royal Devon and Exeter (RD&E) hospital are among the worst in the country for delays in discharging patients.

There were over 20,000 delayed discharges from the RD&E hospital last year, while the RCHT had more than 17,000 delays.

The report from the Commons Public Accounts Committee urges the government to address the scale and cost of bed-blocking across the country.”

Source- BBC Devon live news 08.11 am

Less space for urgent cases, more distress for patients

2 thoughts on “Knock-on effect of closing community hospitals and council nursing homes and sheltered housing”

  1. I want to praise RDE for the care they gave my ex partner recently after a complicated op. But it would have been better for all concerned if he had been booked in earlier. Took too long from diagnosis to op.

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    • Owl and owlets also have much to thank the R D and E for – yet think how it could be even better if it were not suffering from bed-blocking and being massively under-resourced.

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