Some 10 per cent of care homes in the region said it takes three weeks for a patient to be discharged into their care. There are calls for the new Government to reform the discharge system as figures showed that in York Hospital alone, there were over 900 “lost bed days” in June where patients medically fit to leave have been unable to do so as there has been nowhere suitable for them to go. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to all of our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
That equates to an entire ward’s worth of beds being occupied every day, hospital board papers suggested. A report from Autumna, a social care directory, surveyed 500 care homes and home care agencies on their experiences of the hospital discharge system. A further 10 per cent of those questioned said it took between one and two weeks for discharge to be completed.
And 30 per cent of those questioned said they had difficulty communicating with discharge teams. A lack of agreement on how the person’s social care would be paid for was the most common reason for delayed admission to a care provider, the survey found, with more than 200 respondents citing this reason. Advertisement Advertisement Others said wrong or insufficient information provided to them from hospital discharge teams, a lack of communication, waits for patients to have care assessments or transport not being agr.