Discharge delays are part of the pressures leading to full A&Es & ambulance queues.

#FOI reveals at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust the longest medically unnecessary stay was 214 days in 2021/22. In the first two months 2022/23, it was 113 days.

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23223810.fit-for-discharge-patient-stayed-cumbrian-hospital-214-days/

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