Scotsman’s reputation in tatters as they parrot Labour report on bed-blocking which is, of course falling

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In 2016/17 there were 532,423 bed days occupied by people delayed in their discharge.

In NHS Scotland. Roughly 1 in 12 or 8.2% of beds were occupied by mostly those over 70 years of age awaiting care in the community or at home arrangements to be made.

This is a fall of 3% from the 2015/16 figure and the most recent figure for October 2017 was 10% lower than in October 2016.

https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Health-and-Social-Community-Care/Publications/2017-12-05/2017-12-05-DelayedDischarges-Annual-Report.pdf?83099001647

https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Health-and-Social-Community-Care/Publications/2017-12-05/2017-12-05-DelayedDischarges-Summary.pdf?83099001647

Rather than report the above the Scotsman used a Labour freedom of information request to report:

‘Figures show SNP pledge to end bed blocking in tatters.More than 1,000 Scots patients have died while waiting to be released from hospital since the SNP pledged to end bed blocking, new figures show.’

https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/figures-show-snp-pledge-to-end-bed-blocking-in-tatters-1-4655171

Would the Scotsman prefer that these patients were turfed-out to die, perhaps even quicker, in their empty homes, in their children’s…

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