Ep 5. Episode 5

With NHS 'bed blocking' numbers at their highest level since 2017, for those who are medically fit to leave, multi-billion pound cuts to social and community care services have left a shortage of care-home beds, equipment, staff and housing, effectively stranding these patients in hospital. With a duty to oversee safe discharges, this leaves the NHS no choice but to keep these medically-fit patients in hospital.