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Delayed Discharges

Volume 453: debated on Tuesday 21 November 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many delayed discharges there were of people aged 75 years and over in each (a) NHS region and (b) health authority in each quarter from Q1 2005-06 to Q1 2006-07. (102008)

Information on delayed discharges is collected by strategic health authority. The information is in the table.

Number of patients over 75-years-old occupying an acute hospital bed with delayed discharge

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Strategic health authority

2005-06

2005-06

2005-06

2005-06

2006-07

Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire

95

90

88

99

96

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

53

45

66

65

74

Essex

46

73

60

41

49

North West London

49

45

35

31

29

North Central London

30

28

20

38

34

North East London

43

45

46

42

36

South East London

29

24

23

28

29

South West London

54

74

45

49

46

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear

25

11

11

19

18

County Durham and Tees Valley

11

7

3

6

18

North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire

44

37

47

41

39

West Yorkshire

52

43

46

34

54

Cumbria and Lancashire

29

52

49

55

68

Greater Manchester

56

59

47

55

47

Cheshire and Merseyside

88

77

64

64

82

Thames Valley

63

76

74

70

78

Hampshire and Isle of Wight

89

75

83

58

91

Kent and Medway

62

58

57

75

100

Surrey and Sussex

204

168

137

120

202

Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire

81

84

97

121

95

South West Peninsula

66

30

57

51

68

Dorset and Somerset

88

76

94

70

76

South Yorkshire

58

39

32

45

46

Trent

67

66

51

68

60

Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland

86

60

66

59

51

Shropshire and Staffordshire

34

54

66

70

68

Birmingham and the Black Country

150

174

125

98

96

West Midlands South

39

29

31

32

43