Nearly 1,900 people stuck in hospital

Responding to new Public Health Scotland figures showing 1,890 people were stuck in hospital at the December census due to their discharge being delayed, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:

“SNP mismanagement continues to leave masses of people stuck in hospital because they can’t get the care they need at home or in the community.

“You can’t fix our NHS unless you fix the crisis in care. The more patients are delayed in leaving hospital, the longer people wait at A&E and the more we see ambulances stacking up outside the front door.  

“The Scottish Government wasted four years and £30 million attempting a bureaucratic takeover of social care that was never going to fix core problems- only now have they ditched it. It’s time to finally invest in the staff and services who need help now.”