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Bottleneck is so called bed blockers, patients who are well enough to be discharged, but cant be, due to a lack of care beds in the community. for example, in any one day, we have may have up to a third of our patients who could be better cared for in a different setting, such as home, care home or nursing home. 0nce patients are able to leave hospital, they are usually transferred to a nursing home, where a six week assessment of their needs is carried out. this is paid for by the nhs to the tu...

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