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Delayed discharges cost NHS Scotland at least £440m a year
Delayed discharges cost Scotland's NHS at least £440m, the nation's public service watchdog has said.
An Audit Scotland report showed more than 720,000 bed days were lost in 2024-25 due to patients being well enough to be discharged. One in every nine beds in Scottish healthcare settings was occupied by someone who did not need to be there.
Patients can be delayed in hospital for several reasons, but the most common is the lack of a social care package. While Audit Scotland estimates that £440m was spent on the care of those unnecessarily occupying beds, the true cost is "likely to be much higher.
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