The NHS Alliance's third annual survey of NHS patient discharge information found problems persist with accuracy and, crucially, timeliness. Since 1st April this year – in just six months – one in ...

Technology is being piloted to help free up NHS hospital beds occupied by people who are fit to be sent home. The platform uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help complete the documents needed to ...

Hundreds of patients are taking up hospital beds across England every day despite being ready to leave, according to NHS data. Figures show the biggest obstacle to speedy discharge is lack of beds in ...

A woman who spent nine months in hospital waiting for a suitable care home placement became a "shadow of her former self", her mother has said. Jocelyn Ullmer, 60, from West Sussex, saw her health ...