another £1.6 billion available to speed up hospital discharge in england. often the hold up is because the right care in the home just isn t available. mum, i don t know what i do without you. in leeds, charlotte s family said there have faced repeated delays with staff, training, equipment. so much time has been wasted, we have gone around in circles because everybody has changed what they said they would do, and the time wasting is charlotte s live, we can t get that back and it shouldn t be like that. you know, it shouldn t be the person who s really poorly who has to do it. charlotte s care board and hospital have said they are sorry for the long delay, they said the vast majority of patients return home quickly but some complex cases take longer. charlotte has now spent nearly a year in this hospital bed, missing her birthday at home and time with her family. when you have a lot of pain and illnesses and other health problems, and then you are stuck
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situation, you know, four, five months extra in hospital that i don t need that actually increases my risk of infections and other illnesses as well. there s been a lot of tears, a lot of hard decisions. i don t think unless you were here, you can really imagine life in a hospitalfor nine months. charlotte s case here in leeds is very complex and not representative of everyone who needs care. it does, though, illustrate a wider problem. this past winter, a record one in seven hospital beds across england has been taken up by someone well enough to go home. the government has said it s making another £1.6 billion available to speed up hospital discharge in england. often, the hold up is because the right care in the home just isn t available. mum, i don t know what i would do without you. in leeds, charlotte s
in november, she was told she could go home, with care paid for by the nhs, yet another five months on, she s still stuck in hospital. so, how difficult has this been for you, charlotte? it s so wrong that we re in this situation, you know, four, five months extra in hospital that i don t need that actually increases my risk of infections and other illnesses as well. there s been a lot of tears, a lot of hard decisions. i don t think unless you were here, you can really imagine life in a hospitalfor nine months. charlotte s case here in leeds is very complex and not representative of everyone who needs care. it does, though, illustrate a wider problem. this past winter, a record one in seven hospital beds across england has been taken up by someone well enough to go home. the government has said it s making another £1.6 billion available to speed up hospital