Written Question · S1W-27079 · Session 1
What percentage of delayed discharge patients remain in hospital for longer than six weeks, broken down by NHS board area.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of delayed discharge patients remain in hospital for longer than six weeks, broken down by NHS board area.
The answer
The information requested is set out in the table.NHS
- Patients Ready for Discharge Number and Percentage of Patients with a Length of Delay over Six Weeks1 by NHS Board Area of Treatment
- as at 15 April 2002NHS Board area of Treatment | Number outwith the six week discharge planning period1 | Total2 | Percentage outwith the six week discharge planning period
Argyll and Clyde | 334 | 389 | 86
Ayrshire and Arran | 139 | 235 | 59
Scottish Borders | 36 | 51 | 71
Dumfries and Galloway | 25 | 58 | 43
Fife | 130 | 175 | 74
Forth Valley | 114 | 164 | 70
Grampian | 229 | 334 | 69
Greater Glasgow | 290 | 431 | 67
Highland | 69 | 86 | 80
Lanarkshire | 129 | 186 | 69
Lothian | 296 | 541 | 55
Orkney | 8 | 12 | 67
Shetland |
- |
- |
-
Tayside | 135 | 259 | 52
Western Isles | 23 | 30 | 77
Scotland | 1,957 | 2,951 | 66
Notes:1. Number of patients ready for discharge with a duration of over six weeks (43 days or more), i.e. the common period for discharge planning agreement timescales across Scotland.2. Total number of patients ready for discharge in all specialties, reported as at 15 April 2002.
- Patients Ready for Discharge Number and Percentage of Patients with a Length of Delay over Six Weeks1 by NHS Board Area of Treatment
- as at 15 April 2002NHS Board area of Treatment | Number outwith the six week discharge planning period1 | Total2 | Percentage outwith the six week discharge planning period
Argyll and Clyde | 334 | 389 | 86
Ayrshire and Arran | 139 | 235 | 59
Scottish Borders | 36 | 51 | 71
Dumfries and Galloway | 25 | 58 | 43
Fife | 130 | 175 | 74
Forth Valley | 114 | 164 | 70
Grampian | 229 | 334 | 69
Greater Glasgow | 290 | 431 | 67
Highland | 69 | 86 | 80
Lanarkshire | 129 | 186 | 69
Lothian | 296 | 541 | 55
Orkney | 8 | 12 | 67
Shetland |
- |
- |
-
Tayside | 135 | 259 | 52
Western Isles | 23 | 30 | 77
Scotland | 1,957 | 2,951 | 66
Notes:1. Number of patients ready for discharge with a duration of over six weeks (43 days or more), i.e. the common period for discharge planning agreement timescales across Scotland.2. Total number of patients ready for discharge in all specialties, reported as at 15 April 2002.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-27079 by reference.