now, that is a new record low, but it is only marginally worse than the previous month. and nearly 13,000 were waiting more than 12 hours. often what happens is people are on trolleys in corridors, they are kind of being moved around a&e departments, waiting rooms, consultation rooms etc, it s not ideal while they are waiting for a bed in a ward. what the problem seems to be is discharging patients. this is where patients are fit enough to leave hospital but they might need social care packages put in place, either in their own homes or to be put into a care home. the figures show 12,500 beds were taken up by people who were fit enough to leave in the week up to the 9th of january, up from 10,500 the week before, up 20% in a week, so about one in ten last week and it s now about one in eight, so the figures are getting worse. we have been hearing in the social
previous month. and nearly 13,000 were waiting more than 12 hours. 0ften were waiting more than 12 hours. often what happens is people are on trolleys in corridors, they are kind of being moved around a&e departments, waiting rooms, consultation rooms etc, it s not ideal while they are waiting for a bed in a ward. what the problem seems to be is discharging patients. this is where patients are fit enough to leave hospital but they might need social care packages put in place, either in their own homes or to be put into a care home. the figures show 12,500 beds were taken up figures show 12,500 beds were taken up by people who were fit enough to leave in the week up to the 9th of january, up from 10,500 the week before, up 20% in a week, so about one in ten last week and it s now about one in eight, so the figures are getting worse. we have been hearing in the social care sector they are also suffering with staff absences, and so in some cases care homes are not accepting new patients