Hospitals in North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust unable to discharge over three quarters of patients

In North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust between July 1 2022 and June 30 2023 on an average night 76.6% patients who had been identified as ready to be discharged that day were still occupying a bed at midnight.

This is 18.8 percentage points higher than the average figure for trusts across England (57.8%).

On the worst day 100% 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 Monday April 10 2023 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 Saturdays, when 92.6% of patients identified as ready to be discharged that day were still occupying a bed at midnight.

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North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is ranked 2nd 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.