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The ‘bed-blocking’ scandal exposed
The Scottish government has been costing the taxpayer millions of pounds while misleading families about the reason their loved ones were stuck in hospital, writes NEIL FINDLAY MSP

I BELIEVE that the last few days have exposed a real scandal in healthcare. 

Through the work of investigative journalists, it has emerged that in March, 1,000 people were discharged from hospitals untested into either care homes or their own or family home with a home-care package.

“Bed-blocking” or “delayed discharge” occurs when no care-home place or package of care at home is available. 

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