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Hospitals: Discharges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the current number of hospital beds occupied by patients who are medically fit for discharge.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
25 Apr 2025
Answer
7 May 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the current number of hospital beds occupied by patients who are medically fit for discharge.

  2. 25 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 May 2025

    Answer published

    Data collections that monitor the number of patients who are medically fit for discharge but who are not discharged are available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/discharge-delays/acute-discharge-situation...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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