More beds blocked as delayed hospital discharges rise 61%, figures show – Aberdeen Evening Express

Delayed discharges in Scottish hospitals have risen 61% in the last year, NHS Scotland figures show.

There were 32,600 days spent in hospital beds by patients who were able to be released in April alone, according to the latest figures.

It is more than 12,000 higher than the 20,293 recorded in April 2020, when the health service was trying to increase the available capacity to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.