Hospitals in Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust unable to discharge over a third of patients

In Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust between July 1 2022 and June 30 2023 on an average night 38.6% patients who had been identified as ready to be discharged that day were still occupying a bed at midnight.

This is 19.2 percentage points lower than the average figure for trusts across England (57.8%).

On the worst day 98.6% 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 Tuesday October 18 2022 when 96 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 46.3% of patients identified as ready to be discharged that day were still occupying a bed at midnight.

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Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust is ranked 19th in the Midlands 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.