Sentence examples for bed blocking from inspiring English sources

The aim is to reduce the level of bed blocking in the NHS.

It says that bed blocking is the result of years of under-funding of social services.

There are multiple reasons, including delayed discharges and bed blocking through lack of social care.

This helps tackle the problem of bed blocking that is estimated to cost the NHS in Wales £30m per year.

According to a report from the charity Age UK, "bed blocking" costs the NHS nearly £700m a year.

The Commons health select committee last year warned that bed blocking was costing the NHS up to £720m a year.

There are many reasons for patients ending up in hospital or staying for weeks on end (bed-blocking).

There will be arguments about drug priorities, emergency waiting times, bed-blocking and the length of home visits.

Staff shortages and bed-blocking; increasing demand from patients with chronic conditions; the worst A&E waiting times for a decade.

Mr Burstow also called on the government to develop a national strategy to ensure an adequate supply of care home beds to solve the ongoing bed-blocking crisis.

You know the big picture from the ever-worsening monthly figures: deteriorating A&E, ambulance and operation waiting times, and a steep rise in bed-blocking.