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Definition of bed-blocking in English: bed-blockingnoun mass nounBritish The long-term occupation of hospital beds, chiefly by elderly people, due to a shortage of suitable care elsewhere. Example sentencesExamples - The problem of bed-blocking, where patients, particularly the elderly, have to stay in hospital and take up beds despite being well enough to leave, has bedevilled the health service for decades.
- Since the fines were introduced, there has been a reduction in bed-blocking, but not as dramatic as hospital chiefs had hoped.
- Last autumn the Sunday Herald revealed that the first national census of bed-blocking showed that in some areas 10% of hospital beds were occupied by patients who had nowhere else to go.
- Th health spokesman blamed bed-blocking caused by the closure of care homes for the high number of cancellations.
- The treatment centre will play a major role in reducing waiting times for thousands of patients a year, cutting bed-blocking and hitting government targets.
- Ironically, some of these problems have been caused by the successful policy of reducing bed-blocking in hospitals.
- The Government has announced that social services would get an extra £100 million for each of the next three years to help them end hospital bed-blocking.
- One of her first duties, as she has outlined herself, will be to tackle the problem of bed-blocking.
- North Kent's record in tackling bed-blocking in hospitals is among the best in the country.
- He also expressed doubts over plans to fine local authorities if lack of social services led to bed-blocking in hospitals.
- Targets on transferring successfully treated patients out of hospital to avoid bed-blocking were also met.
- Fines to reduce bed-blocking in hospitals could mean elderly and chronically sick people are forced into care homes many miles from their families, researchers have warned.
- More old people need nursing and residential care in winter, but Mr Vickers fears a lack of bed spaces could cause bed-blocking at hospitals.
- The Government is desperate to avoid bed-blocking and each year the council can apply for a grant to cope with the discharges.
- The delays were having a knock-on impact on bed-blocking in hospitals and some bookings were also being lost.
- A transfer programme to end bed-blocking, where appropriate, so that patients who can be cared for in nursing homes are moved from acute beds to rehabilitation beds.
- A further £1.4m of Government funds was also announced yesterday to pay for care beds in the community to ease bed-blocking.
- Lengthy waiting times, cancelled operations and bed-blocking soon became a problem.
- Funding will be increased in a few areas such as an extra £500,000 for bus subsidies and money for 500 new nursing care beds for the elderly to tackle the chronic problem of bed-blocking in hospitals.
- The closure of many homes has already led to a shortage of care places in some areas - adding to problems of bed-blocking on hospital wards.
Derivatives noun British The number of bed blockers in Leeds has plummeted from more than 120 18 months ago, to 40 in the autumn and 13 now. Example sentencesExamples - This allows us not to have bed blockers.
- Over-65 s occupy almost two thirds of hospital beds and are often regarded as bed blockers.
- The NHS retaliates by fining councils that leave "bed blockers" in hospital.
- Bed blockers fill acute wards again for lack of services to take them back into the community.
Definition of bed-blocking in US English: bed-blockingnounˈbed ˌbläkiNG British The long-term occupation of hospital beds, chiefly by elderly people, due to a shortage of suitable care elsewhere. Example sentencesExamples - The treatment centre will play a major role in reducing waiting times for thousands of patients a year, cutting bed-blocking and hitting government targets.
- The problem of bed-blocking, where patients, particularly the elderly, have to stay in hospital and take up beds despite being well enough to leave, has bedevilled the health service for decades.
- Funding will be increased in a few areas such as an extra £500,000 for bus subsidies and money for 500 new nursing care beds for the elderly to tackle the chronic problem of bed-blocking in hospitals.
- Since the fines were introduced, there has been a reduction in bed-blocking, but not as dramatic as hospital chiefs had hoped.
- Ironically, some of these problems have been caused by the successful policy of reducing bed-blocking in hospitals.
- More old people need nursing and residential care in winter, but Mr Vickers fears a lack of bed spaces could cause bed-blocking at hospitals.
- Last autumn the Sunday Herald revealed that the first national census of bed-blocking showed that in some areas 10% of hospital beds were occupied by patients who had nowhere else to go.
- He also expressed doubts over plans to fine local authorities if lack of social services led to bed-blocking in hospitals.
- The delays were having a knock-on impact on bed-blocking in hospitals and some bookings were also being lost.
- The Government is desperate to avoid bed-blocking and each year the council can apply for a grant to cope with the discharges.
- Lengthy waiting times, cancelled operations and bed-blocking soon became a problem.
- A transfer programme to end bed-blocking, where appropriate, so that patients who can be cared for in nursing homes are moved from acute beds to rehabilitation beds.
- The Government has announced that social services would get an extra £100 million for each of the next three years to help them end hospital bed-blocking.
- One of her first duties, as she has outlined herself, will be to tackle the problem of bed-blocking.
- North Kent's record in tackling bed-blocking in hospitals is among the best in the country.
- Targets on transferring successfully treated patients out of hospital to avoid bed-blocking were also met.
- A further £1.4m of Government funds was also announced yesterday to pay for care beds in the community to ease bed-blocking.
- The closure of many homes has already led to a shortage of care places in some areas - adding to problems of bed-blocking on hospital wards.
- Th health spokesman blamed bed-blocking caused by the closure of care homes for the high number of cancellations.
- Fines to reduce bed-blocking in hospitals could mean elderly and chronically sick people are forced into care homes many miles from their families, researchers have warned.
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