SOAS FACT Day 19
Patient length of stay in hospital over 100 days in WHSCT!
Length of stay (LOS) in hospital is a key statistic in hospitals analysis.
46 patients in WHSCT are inpatients for more than 100 days during in the past quarter.
The Average length of stay is shocking over 12 days for our South West Acute Hospital- the average in NI 7.2
Once again we must shine a light on this issue for the frontline staff and for the patients and families involved.
Management need to address the big issues- it is clear to us that Social Care must be the big issue.
People need to be getting out of hospital – SAFELY!
Department of Health commissioned report from Nuffield Trust (2022) :
“To understand the potential impact of reducing patients’ time in hospital, in terms of capacity, a 35% reduction in length of stay in Northern Ireland to match English levels (all else being equal) would allow 200,000 more admissions per year, taking the total from 597,380 in 2019/20 to over 800,000.
If a quarter of these admissions were for planned care, they could hypothetically eliminate Northern Ireland’s total waiting list for admission of 120,000 in just over two years. “
#failing#lenghtofstay#socialcare this obstructs admissions and decreases patient’s recovery to independence.
This is NOT good enough.
This obstructs admissions and decreases patient’s recovery to independence.
This is NOT good enough.
