Hospitals in Dartford And Gravesham NHS Trust unable to discharge over 40% of patients

In Dartford And Gravesham NHS Trust between July 1 2022 and June 30 2023 on an average night 42.5% patients who had been identified as ready to be discharged that day were still occupying a bed at midnight.

This is 15.3 percentage points lower than the average figure for trusts across England (57.8%).

On 2 days 100% of patients classed as “no longer meeting the criteria” to be in hospital were still occupying beds at midnight. This means that on 1% of days for which data was provided, not a single patient was discharged.

The day when the most patients were left in hospital was Friday February 17 2023 when 6 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 Sundays, when 55.1% of patients identified as ready to be discharged that day were still occupying a bed at midnight.

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Dartford And Gravesham NHS Trust is ranked 15th in the South East 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.