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Radio Shropshire,4 mins

"Bed blocking" in Shropshire hospitals

Adam Green

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A patient deemed fit for discharge waited 88 days to leave the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford last year. BBC Radio Shropshire has obtained figures showing the extent of 'bed-blocking' on health services. 75-year-old Bill Childe from Broseley had to spend a night on a hospital corridor in May because there were no beds available, despite being diabetic and on dialysis. BBC Radio Shropshire's Rib Trigg reports.

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