Hospitals in East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust unable to discharge over 40% of patients

In East Lancashire Hospitals 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 the worst day 80.8% 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 Tuesday January 31 2023 when 97 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 44.9% of patients identified as ready to be discharged that day were still occupying a bed at midnight.

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East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is ranked 18th in the North 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.