Junior Jimoh has been trapped in a hospital for nine months because of a lack of adequate care in the community. Last month almost 13,500 people who were in hospital beds were considered medically fit for discharge. Read more:
NHS pressure across all sorts of services was worse in summer this year than it typically is in winter, as the country tries to recover from the pandemic.
The percentage of people waiting more than four hours in major A&Es is at a new record high. The number is nine times higher than the NHS target. The number of people seeking treatment is rising faster than the number of people the NHS can treat every month.
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