Hospital Beds
(asked on 7th September 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delayed transfers of care there were in each year since 2010.
NHS England publishes monthly data on the total number of delayed transfers of care for all patients delayed throughout the month. The data are published at National Health Service trust and local authority level and provide information on the reason for delay. The table below provides the total number of delayed transfers of care between the period 2010/11 (part year) and 2017/18 (year to date).
Year | Number of Delayed Transfer of Care |
2010-11 (August 2010 –March 2011) | 918,438 |
2011-12 | 1,373,392 |
2012-13 | 1,380,475 |
2013-14 | 1,413,591 |
2014-15 | 1,624,977 |
2015-16 | 1,809,587 |
2016-17 | 2,253,836 |
2017-18 (April to June 2017) | 533,968 (Year To Date) |
Source: NHS England’s Statistical Work Areas: Delayed Transfer of Care data
The latest data is for June 2017. The latest data and that of previous months is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/