Delayed discharge figure foul up

Care minister Ivan Lewis was forced to deliver an embarrassing statement to parliament last month after announcing incorrect figures for delayed discharges which suggested that there had been a 30% increase in the number of bed days lost in 2006/07.Statistics provided by the Department of Health (DH) to the minister, in response to a question…

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