Delayed transfers of care, December 2012

Statistics on delayed transfers of care include data for Wales on the census date of 19 December 2012. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 18 December 2012.

The key points from the latest release are:

• the total number of patients experiencing a delayed transfer of care on the census date of 19 December 2012 was 420; this is a decrease of 57, or 11.9%, on the figure for 21 November 2012
• the total number of patients waiting to leave hospital was 344. Of these, 94 were delayed in mental health facilities and 250 were in other acute and community hospitals. A further 43 patients were experiencing a delayed transfer within the NHS or waiting for an assessment, and for 33 the next stage could not be determined

Further information

StatsWales website (external link)

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 3625
E-mail: stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

19 February 2013