Kate Middleton can't return home from hospital because it's 'not suitable' - Birmingham Live
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/kate-middleton-cant-return-home-28482744

#Middleton
#KateMiddleton
#BedBlocking

Single mothers fleeing domestic abuse forced into homelessness by benefit cap, charities warn | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/benefit-cap-domestic-abuse-single-mothers-homelessness-b2058209.html

#DomesticAbuse
#DomesticViolence
#BenefitsCap
#SingleParents
#SingleMums
#Homelesness
#WomensAid
#Refuges
#BedBlocking
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#JRF
#Gingerbread
#Rents
#LivingCosts
#HOC
#DomesticAbuseAct2021

The problem #bedblocking where #patients are well enough to be discharged but there is insufficient #socialcare capacity to discharge them to, remains a key aspect of the #NHScrisis;

although this year things have improved (still) over 50% are not being discharged by the end of the day making it difficult t admit from A&E or from referrals.

To be clear, this is not the patients' fault (as the term 'bed blocking' can sometime imply), its a major structural problem that remains unresolved!

Ministers seek volunteer social care army to speed up hospital discharges | Social care | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/06/ministers-seek-volunteer-social-care-army-to-speed-up-hospital-discharges

#UKGov
#SocialCare
#BedBlocking
#HospitalDischarges
#Beds
#VoluntaryWork
#Volunteers
#UnpaidSocialCareWorkers
#NHS
#NHSVolunteers
#WorkforcePlanForSocialCare
#CarerShortage

Pretty much a surprise these days if he turns up to open his post.

#BedBlocking
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RT @danbloom1
Boris Johnson was a surprise attendee at today's energy firms meeting in Downing Street...
https://twitter.com/danbloom1/status/1557677879370125313