The reasons why so many people who are 'medically fit for discharge' are still in hospital beds
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe number of hospital patients who have had their hospital discharge delayed and are classed as ‘medically fit for discharge’ has been rising throughout the year, according to the region’s health bosses.
Greater Manchester’s hospital beds are currently ‘93 per cent full’, and the city’s chiefs say one factor behind the overcrowding is the increase in patients who are ‘medically fit’ for discharge, but are not being sent home. READ MORE:'Serious concerns’ over NHS winter crisis – but calling in the army WON’T help, warns council chief Earlier this week, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority health lead, Sir Richard Leese, told a press conference that the vast majority of patients awaiting discharge 'are unwilling to leave hospital'.
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