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Patient waiting four years for hospital discharge
It has been revealed that a hospital patient has been waiting nearly four years to leave hospital after being declared fit for discharge.
The patient, who remains unnamed, has been in a hospital bed for over 1,338 days, and is expected to leave hospital in approximately six months, after arrangements were made for their care. It has been reported that the patient has a ‘serious mental health condition’, learning disability, and physical health problems.
The hospital in question is part of the Hywel Dda University Health Board in west Wales.
Darren Millar, Conservative Assembly member for Clwyd West, said: “No patient should have to wait almost four years to be discharged from hospital. While bed blocking is extremely costly for the NHS in Wales, the real cost is the quality of life of patients for whom it affects."
Vaughan Gething, Welsh Cabinet Secretary for Health, has also revealed that two other patients in Wales have been stuck in hospital beds for more than a year-and-a-half each, as of the start of the year, but that delayed transfers of care are at their lowest level for 12 years in Wales.
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