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Daily Record
Daily Record
National
Stuart Gillespie

Number of days lost to bed blocking in Dumfries and Galloway soaring

The number of days lost in the region’s hospitals due to bed blocking is soaring.

New figures show that more than 2,700 days were lost to delayed discharge in April alone.

The Public Health Scotland data also reveals the number of beds occupied each day by people clinically well enough to leave was 91.

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