Hospitals in Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust unable to discharge over two thirds of patients

In Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust between July 1 2022 and June 30 2023 on an average night 67.9% patients who had been identified as ready to be discharged that day were still occupying a bed at midnight.

This is 10.1 percentage points higher than the average figure for trusts across England (57.8%).

On the worst day 95.7% 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 Sunday January 8 2023 when 98 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 81.7% of patients identified as ready to be discharged that day were still occupying a bed at midnight.

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Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is ranked 5th in the South West 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.