Hospitals in Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust unable to discharge more than 90% of patients

In Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust between July 1 2022 and June 30 2023 on an average night 92.5% patients who had been identified as ready to be discharged that day were still occupying a bed at midnight.

This is 34.7 percentage points higher than the average figure for trusts across England (57.8%).

On the worst day 99.6% 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 Monday January 9 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 Saturdays, when 96.3% of patients identified as ready to be discharged that day were still occupying a bed at midnight.

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Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is ranked 2nd 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.