bottleneck is so called bed blockers, patients who are well enough to be discharged, but can t 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 tune of up to £1400 a week. before the pandemic, that could be any nursing home of their choice, but now a block contract means only three major providers, including st monica s, can be used in north somerset, bristol or south gloucestershire. so, this is one of your rooms. yes, room 15, it s empty. but this leaves private care homes with a third of their beds lying empty, without the valuable nhs referrals, they say it s hard to stay afloat. we have had families that have been in tears because
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