Scots critical care units lose 7000 days to delayed discharges

Alasdair Clark - 13 August 2019

Units designed to look after Scotland's sickest patients lost some 1000 patient stays in 2018 because of delayed discharge, new figures have revealed.

New analysis by Scottish Labour of figures released today show nearly 7000 'bed-days' were lost due to delays elsewhere in the system.

Bed shortages elsewhere in hospitals mean patients often can't be moved out of intensive care onto general wards once they are well enough... See more