§ Mr. WilshireTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds are blocked in Surrey hospitals because patients cannot be discharged: and what the average cost is per bed per day of these blocked beds. [55035]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 9 May 2002]: Quarterly information on delayed discharges, by health authority, has been placed in the Library. The most recent figures available are for quarter 3 of 2001–02.
The cost to national health service trusts resulting from delayed transfers of care is management information and, as such, is not collected centrally.
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