How long will you wait for care in London?
11
days
Once deemed medically fit to leave, it take an average of 10.93 days for a patient to be discharged from a London hospital.
Source: Using the latest patient-level NHS Delayed Transfers of Care Data March 2017 combined with average length of hospital stay.*Choose your borough to read more stats:
10%
loss of muscle strength per week
Long stays can affect patient morale, mobility, and increase the risk of hospital-acquired infections. A wait of seven days is associated with a 10% decline in muscle strength.
Source: The House of Commons delayed transfers of care in the NHS report, June 2017.Choose your borough to read more stats:
£3,944,109
The cost to the NHS for London delayed discharges in September 2018 alone
That’s 13,191 delayed days across hospitals in London in September 2018
Contributing to a large portion of the 961 last minute cancelled operations in September 2018.
Sources: NHS Delayed Transfer of Care data, September 2018, Carnal Farrar, NHS Cancelled Operations, September 2018
Delayed days by borough
Number of hospital bed days lost due to delayed discharge in September 2018
700 - 1000 500 - 700 450 - 500 400 - 450 300 - 400 200 - 300 Below 200Choose your borough
Boroughs with least delayed days
| Borough | Delayed days in September 2018 | Care Sourcer wait times |
|---|---|---|
| City of London | 12 days | 78 minutes |
| Kingston upon Thames | 124 days | 23 minutes |
| Bromley | 186 days | 80 minutes |
| Lewisham | 197 days | 44 minutes |
| Sutton | 219 days | 101 minutes |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 247 days | 194 minutes |
| Bexley | 248 days | 50 minutes |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 249 days | 27 minutes |
| Hounslow | 261 days | 129 minutes |
| Barking and Dagenham | 270 days | 14 minutes |
Source: NHS Delayed Transfers of Care Data, September 2018
Boroughs with most delayed days
| Borough | Delayed days in September 2018 | Care Sourcer wait times |
|---|---|---|
| Brent | 969 days | 211 minutes |
| Ealing | 737 days | 23 minutes |
| Waltham Forest | 726 days | 41 minutes |
| Croydon | 648 days | 42 minutes |
| Harrow | 545 days | 39 minutes |
| Barnet | 519 days | 122 minutes |
| Haringey | 511 days | 68 minutes |
| Redbridge | 503 days | 23 minutes |
| Hackney | 486 days | 33 minutes |
| Tower Hamlets | 476 days | 80 minutes |
Source: NHS Delayed Transfers of Care Data, September 2018
Highest cost of delays in London to the NHS
| Borough | Cost to NHS | Care Sourcer potential savings |
|---|---|---|
| Brent | £289,731.00 | £175,403.15 |
| Ealing | £220,363.00 | £133,407.76 |
| Waltham Forest | £217,074.00 | £131,416.60 |
| Croydon | £193,752.00 | £117,297.46 |
| Harrow | £162,955.00 | £98,652.96 |
| Barnet | £155,181.00 | £93,946.58 |
| Haringey | £152,789.00 | £92,498.46 |
| Redbridge | £150,397.00 | £91,050.34 |
| Hackney | £145,314.00 | £87,973.10 |
| Tower Hamlets | £142,324.00 | £86,162.95 |
Source: Carnal Farrar £299 cost to NHS per patient, per delayed day. NHS Delayed Transfer of Care data, September 2018. Care Sourcer potential saving calculated as 60.54% of total costs, which is the proportion of delayed days attributed to waiting to find care in the home or care in a care home. More about how Care Sourcer works with the NHS
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* The average length of hospital stay is 11.9 days. In a 31 day month, this equates to 2.61 patients using a hospital bed. The NHS last published the ‘number of patients affected by delayed discharge on the last Thursday of the month in March 2017. In order to estimate the number of patients for the month as a whole, this number has been multiplied by 2.61. For example, if on the last Thursday of the month, the NHS reported 7 delayed patients on that Thursday in Barking and Dagenham, this would equate to roughly 18 patients delayed over the month.
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