A “significant shift in approach” is being introduced in a bid to tackle Dumfries and Galloway’s bed blocking problem.
More than 100 people are currently in the region’s hospitals despite being medically fit enough to leave – an issue known as delayed discharge.
A meeting of high-level health officials resulted in the decision that people will now leave hospital when they have a start date for care at home beginning – rather than when the care is due to begin.
