Delays discharging dementia patients from hospital cost the NHS £328million and wasted half a million bed days last year, new analysis reveals. At least a quarter of patients aged 65 and over who ...

Hospitals in England are operating at close to full capacity, with patients facing often facing lengthy waits for admission and ambulances stuck outside emergency departments. Seasonal pressures from ...

As ambulances queued in front of Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading last week, corridors full of patients were waiting for a bed on a ward. Emergency department consultant Omar Nafousi was at his wit ...

NHS Lanarkshire is using a system that helps patients get home as soon as possible - and frees up vital capacity. The forward-thinking programme, Discharge without Delay (DwD), is run by the health ...

An NHS patients' group has said vulnerable people were still being discharged from hospital without the right support in place, despite efforts to improve the process. Healthwatch Thurrock reported a ...

A report found Blackpool Victoria was “the worst nationally” for waiting times for new arrivals.

Alzheimer’s Society has worked with the HSJ Information to analyse data on people living with dementia being kept in hospital unnecessarily. The data comes from NHS England but has not been published ...

For confidential advice, call Alzheimer's Society's Dementia Support Line on 0333 150 3456 Alzheimer's Society's symptoms checker can help spot the signs of dementia Delays discharging dementia ...