An MSP claims delayed discharges from hospitals came with a bill of more than £10 million for Dumfries and Galloway last year.
More than 35,000 bed days were lost to the problem – when a patient is medically cleared to go home but can’t – across NHS Dumfries and Galloway.
And according to South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth that cost the region’s health board £10,425,633.
