Hospitals in North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust unable to discharge over half of patients

In North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust between July 1 2022 and June 30 2023 on an average night 55.8% patients who had been identified as ready to be discharged that day were still occupying a bed at midnight.

This is 2 percentage points lower than the average figure for trusts across England (57.8%).

On the worst day 90.6% 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 Thursday March 30 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 Sundays, when 67.4% of patients identified as ready to be discharged that day were still occupying a bed at midnight.

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North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is ranked 6th in the London 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.