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Hospitals in Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust unable to discharge over half of patients

In Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust between July 1 2022 and June 30 2023 on an average night 63.1% patients who had been identified as ready to be discharged that day were still occupying a bed at midnight.

This is 5.3 percentage points higher than the average figure for trusts across England (57.8%).

On the worst day 80.7% of patients classed as “no longer meeting the criteria” to be in hospital were still occupying beds at midnight.

The day when the most patients were left in hospital was Saturday July 2 2022 when 99 who could have been discharged were still in the hospital at the end of the day.

The proportion of patients ready to be discharged but still occupying beds was worst on Mondays, when 72.7% of patients identified as ready to be discharged that day were still occupying a bed at midnight.

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Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is ranked 7th in the North East And Yorkshire region for the proportion of undischarged patients.

Data source: NHS England: Discharge delays (Acute). National average does not include figures from Yeovil District Hospital Trust.