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| Patient 'waited 508 days' for hospital discharge | Patient 'waited 508 days' for hospital discharge |
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| Some patients waited more than a year to be discharged from hospital even though they were clinically ready to leave, figures have shown. | Some patients waited more than a year to be discharged from hospital even though they were clinically ready to leave, figures have shown. |
| A freedom of information request by the Scottish Liberal Democrats revealed the longest delays across the country between 2013 and 2016. | A freedom of information request by the Scottish Liberal Democrats revealed the longest delays across the country between 2013 and 2016. |
| One patient in Dumfries and Galloway was kept in hospital for 508 days. | One patient in Dumfries and Galloway was kept in hospital for 508 days. |
| The Scottish government said bed days associated with delayed discharge dropped in 2016 compared with 2015. | The Scottish government said bed days associated with delayed discharge dropped in 2016 compared with 2015. |
| Delayed discharges of more than a year were also recorded in Fife and Highland health boards. | Delayed discharges of more than a year were also recorded in Fife and Highland health boards. |
| Waits of more than six months were found in Ayrshire and Arran, Grampian, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Lanarkshire, Shetland and the Western Isles. | Waits of more than six months were found in Ayrshire and Arran, Grampian, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Lanarkshire, Shetland and the Western Isles. |
| The number of patients waiting for more than three months represented a small minority of those who experienced a delayed discharge during the three-year period. | The number of patients waiting for more than three months represented a small minority of those who experienced a delayed discharge during the three-year period. |
| Several boards, including Forth Valley, Lothian, Orkney and Tayside, were not able to provide the data. | Several boards, including Forth Valley, Lothian, Orkney and Tayside, were not able to provide the data. |
| In England, it emerged last month that a hospital in Norfolk applied for a court order to remove a patient who had occupied a bed "unnecessarily" for more than two years. | |
| 'Unacceptable' situation | 'Unacceptable' situation |
| Delays for health and social care reasons included patients waiting on a care home place, social care support to enable them to live in their own home, and those waiting on a needs assessment to be conducted. | Delays for health and social care reasons included patients waiting on a care home place, social care support to enable them to live in their own home, and those waiting on a needs assessment to be conducted. |
| Liberal Democrat health spokesman Alex Cole-Hamilton said: "In November I asked the first minister about a constituent of mine who had spent 150 nights in hospital due to delayed discharge. Nicola Sturgeon described the situation as unacceptable. | Liberal Democrat health spokesman Alex Cole-Hamilton said: "In November I asked the first minister about a constituent of mine who had spent 150 nights in hospital due to delayed discharge. Nicola Sturgeon described the situation as unacceptable. |
| "What then are we to make of patients in hospital for up to 500 nights, perhaps because carers can't be found to visit them at home or there isn't a care home place available?" | "What then are we to make of patients in hospital for up to 500 nights, perhaps because carers can't be found to visit them at home or there isn't a care home place available?" |
| In September 2013, there were an average of 22,979 beds available compared to 21,815 in September 2016. | In September 2013, there were an average of 22,979 beds available compared to 21,815 in September 2016. |
| Enhanced care | Enhanced care |
| Mr Cole-Hamilton added: "Under the SNP, 1,000 beds were lost from Scotland's hospitals during the same three years. Our under-pressure NHS can ill afford delayed discharges on this extreme scale." | Mr Cole-Hamilton added: "Under the SNP, 1,000 beds were lost from Scotland's hospitals during the same three years. Our under-pressure NHS can ill afford delayed discharges on this extreme scale." |
| A Scottish government spokesman said: "The latest official figures show a 5.1% reduction in bed days associated with delayed discharge in 2016 compared with 2015 - while the same period in England experienced a 23% increase. | A Scottish government spokesman said: "The latest official figures show a 5.1% reduction in bed days associated with delayed discharge in 2016 compared with 2015 - while the same period in England experienced a 23% increase. |
| "One unnecessary delay, however, is one too many and we have repeated our ambition and expectation that our new integrated health and social care partnerships will address this. | "One unnecessary delay, however, is one too many and we have repeated our ambition and expectation that our new integrated health and social care partnerships will address this. |
| "The draft budget announced an additional £107m to transfer from the NHS to health and social care partnerships to support sustainability in the care sector, bringing the NHS contribution to enhancing social care to around £500m next year, and that funding will be used to further improve social care provisions." | "The draft budget announced an additional £107m to transfer from the NHS to health and social care partnerships to support sustainability in the care sector, bringing the NHS contribution to enhancing social care to around £500m next year, and that funding will be used to further improve social care provisions." |