This isn't only a waste of resources, it's false imprisonment of an entire class of people.

As a home carer, i feel we are not respected, well underpaid, and overworked with little support. Until this is addressed, you will see carers leaving this field. They cannot retain staff because the do not value their workers. This means a massive knock on effect to service users In hospital. The govt and councils need to invest in staff. Such a shame for those poor people

i don't understand this. Why doesn't martin check himself out of the hospital ? he doesnt need to be in the hospital and he has family to care for him, so why doesnt he put his shoes on and walk out the door ?

Yeah . maybe try paying care workers a decent wage for the job they do ! My daughter is a care worker and she gets minimum wage , these people need the respect they are due for the job they do . Would you sign up for being abused , lashed out at or even bitten for minimum wage ? I know these people dont know what they are doing but this is what she goes through every day.

This is why Homecare nursing needs to increase. I am a Homecare nurse and there is so much need for skilled nurses within Homecare. Most nurses do not like Homecare because you are going into other peoples homes and you really do not know what you are walking into and they are all 8 hrs days shifts some nurses like the 12hr shifts. Also, Homecare Nursing pays less then facility nursing and for most health authority the nurse needs to use her own vehicle. There is such a huge need for Homecare nurses.

My dad died because of no home care. He went home and sat and laid in bed and didn't do what they had advised. No home care to push him to get up and move. If someone doesn't want to move around and improve themselves, then it's on them. Let them go home and spend their last days with family.

Families in Asia Africa are poor but the elders are always taken care of by them

This is crazy. In America, they toss you out of the hospital asap. Often there is zero help other than-here are instructions, call us or go to the ER if you have problems. Take your meds, see your doctor in a couple weeks, good luck! Many times, discharge begins at 9 am. Patient calls you in, I’m going home, and you sit till 5 pm, getting more irritated noticing your loved one isn’t able to actually care for themselves. Mom healed at home over a few months, but it was exhausting. Our system is broken too. Just the other way.

I'm a healthy 78-year-old, illegally evicted from my farm 3 years ago, now living in sheltered accommodation I don't need. My health is deteriorating, going from a farm where I looked after sheep, poultry, and a herd of dairy goats to sitting in a chair all day is weakening my body. Not even a garden to look after and no dog to walk. I'm starting to suffer with blood circulation in my lags, my muscles are wasting, I have nowhere to exercise. Furthermore, I'm taking up a flat that that is needed by people who are stuck in hospital. I will have to go to a gym to preserve my health. My father was a professional athlete, I've always been active in sports and athletics. I anticipate living to 95 +, if I can get out of here.

My grandma was stuck in a hospital as well. We(my family + relatives) ended paying a little over £2000 per month to put her in a care home. It’s not even a luxury one, just a small room. My mum visits her almost every single day but due to medical needs she has to be in a care home.

My grandmother and my great auntie were left in hospital for months because they couldn't sort out at-home care. In this time they both lost tonnes of weight and lost all mobility from being stuck in bed all day. They were both on noisy wards where they didn't sleep, which only accelerated their decline. My grandmother died within a week of getting home. She was under 5 stone when she passed. My great auntie is going the same way. All because she went into hospital with a perfectly cureable lung infection. They were both fit and healthy women in their seventies until they went into hospital, but came out looking like skeletons who couldn't walk. How is any of this humane?

People outside hospital can’t get in; inside can’t get out ???

Social care provision has always been brushed under the carpet - it’s been talked about for at least 40 years. Years ago there used to be convalescent homes - a half way house to home, helping people to start looking after themselves. No one wants to rot in hospital till they die.

In my home country (Eastern Europe) there are no provisions for the elderly, carers are a rare thing and almost never provided from the gov. The whole family cares for elderly family members, I spent time in my teenage years going to school and providing care after (tending to bed sores etc), a woman was hired to help throughout the day while my parents were at work. It’s not easy, but it’s strange for families to be there and not try to pull together their community to get the grandparents back at home. I’ve seen the pain of leaving them at a hospice, it’s absolutely devastating - they lose their minds, they are scared and lonely, crying in pain… We couldn’t do this… Not everyone has family members, but for those who do.. it’s heartbreaking that some people have become so complacent they see it more as a responsibility of the government than their own, also planning is not always done on time or possible earlier… 😢

In USA they pay home care so little, like $9 an hour. Then require dependable transportation and proof of insurance. It’s not worth it.

My 90 year old with dementia was sent to hospital from a care home because she became angry. They did not wait for the mental health team, mum has been there since the 21sr of April 2023, the ward now its second sickness bug and we cannot visit. She is slowly declining. There are no places in any care homes in our area, it is heartbreaking 😢

The family should take care of their love ones and hire someone for a few hours a day if necessary.

What happened to families? Do they not think they have some responsibility to their relatives or do they want them dead for the inheritances?

Delays in discharge can be caused by delays arranging for home modifications/ equipment and home care assistants to come in for say 30 mins every day or a few times a week to help with household tasks/washing/dressing/ getting out of bed. While the patient remains in hospital, their muscles deteriorate, strength, balance, co-ordination decline, they lose capacity to do tasks for themselves and become institutionalised. There is a shortage of home care staff which is poorly paid. Home care packages are under resourced. It costs less money to keep people at home than in nursing and care homes or hospital.

On August 18th of this year I had a bunion ectomy along with repair of a hammerhead toe. Unfortunately, the bone underneath the pin broke, caused bleeding and invited infection for a party. I was briefly hospitalized and then sent home with homehelp nurses who change my bandage every day and they help with the at hime IV antibiotic infusion. I'm greatful for this service because It got me home and stabilized my toe and infection. Last week, my surgeon closed the open wound. In 1 1/2 weeks, he will go in and repair the broken bone and the fracture of the upper bone caused by the pin angeling up. I am blessed!!❤❤❤😇

The mother-In-law was in hospital for weeks trying to sort out some home assistance. Eventually moved to a care home during covid but it was miles away from home. She felt so isolated and gave up.

This certainly does not happen in the US. 12 days in the hospital and 21 days in a "care" center, where there is no care, and Medicare kicks you to the curb. Period.

This means older people can't get care AND others needing treatment can't get it. This government is disgusting. In 2010 we had the best nhs but now because of austerity and lack of provision for elder care we have the worst care for our elderly and for our sick citizens. 13 years of tory😡

thank tory voters, they allowed this to happen despite being warned.

My dad was stuck for weeks and we had to threaten to take him home ourselves before they did anything. They said we were well within our rights but he wouldn’t have any carers. When he did come home he had carers for maybe a week and that’s it and until now he hasn’t got any. He suffers with dementia and with my mum being ill she can’t take care of him . We were told today he’s on the emergency list and we’ve asked for him to go into a rest home at least for a while . Everything moves so slowly that even if things get desperate nothing gets done .He has a terrible angina attack yesterday and when my mum called an ambulance he refused to get in it as he knew he would be stuck in hospital for a long time again . It drove him mad last time and became skinny and his dementia worsened rapidly

Pay care workers more. Its a tough skilled job but the pay is pathetic and does not reflect this.

Until home care is decently paid, few people will step forward to do it.

I work for the NHS and this is a tragedy this is happening 😢 x

My father had bladder surgery, and bc of the length of his stay, he couldn't walk on his own. His muscles had to be re-taught to move, so he had to go to a nursing home to rehab for a few weeks. This was in America, but I understand how these ppl are getting left behind with the medical system breakdown.

5296 patients, who had been declared medically fit, died last year waiting to be discharged. This is insane! Why are they not going home, because there is no carer available at home?

I know families in Eastern Europe who take care of their elderly parents. Sometimes if they cannot look after they pay privately other people to look after them for a few hours while they are at work. Here in UK 🇬🇧 no body takes responsibility for their parents and leave them in hospital for months. Very bad, no compassion 😞

Our society is b*ggered. The most important jobs for the betterment of our society are not valued at all. Carers, nurses, healthcare workers etc are all paid peanuts and when they ask for help their plight is ignored. We need to prioritise the careers that we need and pay them their worth.

Unless they don't have any children... where are the family to take care of them ? My grandmother lived with us till her last days 95yo. It was a win win situation as my parents could work all day and she will be the one welcoming us at home after school with crêpes, marbré. And we will keep her physically active by talking to her about our day at school, listening to her stories, playing cards, board games etc. And I have only lovely memories ! With my parents salary and grandmother's pension we could offer a nice home to live togethers. When I was young I thought that home care were only for old people without family or needing heavy care 24h/7. But it rarely comes to that point when they are given good physical and mental care through family members. That is so sad😢

Hospitals in Gadsden Al discharges people that they shouldn't. My grandma was sent home when they couldn't find what was wrong. Another hospital out of town took xrays & found out the problem in one day!

Individualism took over Great Britain quite aggressively starting from the late 90's when it was all bout looking out for yourself, just so you could get your new car, your house and holidays and NOTHING else mattered. We lost the community spirit and family values and breakdown. Everyone wanted to be a celebrity or have a celebrity lifestyle. Of course, there are many other factors like addiction, failed education, lost souls who thrown on the scrap heap etc etc, but the family dynamic was destroyed

I just got up and walked out, despite the threats of nurses, I said im fine and ready to go home and am going home, goodbye.

I ‘AMA’d’ (left against medical advice) as I had been there a month with a broken hip/revised broken hip - they wanted me to have an electric hospital bed, commode, arm chair and hoist delivered so I could live in one room for months. I was fit and active before going into hospital, now I struggle if I have to go out for an hour. Last year I had care organised to help when I came out of hospital and when they got there I asked them for help to rinse out a mug so I could warm up some tinned soup (I couldn’t get to the sink) I was told by the carer it was a meal service, not a cleaning service - I said I don’t have anything clean to cook with - they said I should have frozen meals that you put in the microwave as they only had about ten minutes to help get food. I had to have some crisps and a biscuit instead.

People need to take care of their families and stop relying on hospitals to do everything.

I wonder what the running score of deaths directly and indirectly caused by tory artificial austerity and endless cuts to our vital services for their own self interested reasons? Damn it's been a long 13yrs.

They have been trying to get healthcare and social services in tandem even before 1994. This has always been an issue. There has always been under funding, poor staffing, inadequate training, skill mix issues coupled with diminishing community services to facilitate hospital discharge. The NHS has been progressively under funded for a long time. more attention is paid to managers than clinicians. Each manager believing that the NHS can be run like your local Tesco.

I honestly can't wait to start my career in home care keeping people in their houses for as long as they can would be the best feeling cause i am sure they would rather be getting help at home then staying in a hospital bed if not needed 😓😓

I'm 72 now and, ten years ago, I had a complete knee replacement operation. After three days of neglect by the nursing staff (I was severely dehydrated because I couldn't even get a nurse to fetch water for me, and I had to fight to get my dressings changed), I discharged myself on the fourth day. I swore I'd never go back to that hospital again, even if I was dying. _I wisely chose to refuse the trial drug (aka the C19 "vaccine") when my GP tried to coax me into having it_

The Hospital needs to be able to bill local council Social Care services for bed blockers. Until they have to pay for not sorting out their part of the system, they have no incentive to fix the blockages in the system.

What is never mentioned home care has to be paid for and that charges can be considerable you are only left with £ 169.00 a week. Yet again it comes down to the government not funding the system. It is cheaper to treat people at home ,so fund it !!.

The UK is becoming a 3rd world country with a few high tech sectors.

He's got family who wants him home. What is the problem

😢😢My FIL was given 6 months or less to live. He was sent home with a do not resuscitate. After 3 days at home US social services FORCED him to go into a nursing home because his wife was too small to pick him up if he fell. First day the nursing home stuck him in covid isolation ward where he died 10 days later. ( The sad thing is only his wife was allowed to visit with him. She said it took over 2 hours to get a nurse anytime they rang for one because there were no nurses on that ward. She could have gotten quicker help at home from her neighbors ) He died of heart failure and neither of them ever had any Covid symptoms.

This is showing people actually having a bed just left hospital(North West of Enland) Large Hospital A&E looks like a war Zone i waited 39 hour only in a chair for first one of the many trolly beds ALL OVER THE CORRIDORS then waited 1 hour more for a bed on ward. 6:16 some people told me the longest wait was 72 hours. I felt sicker with the sleep deprivation.

WTH?! This is insane! As much as people in the US complain about our healthcare, at least this is not something that happens here.

And what do we get, Sajid Javid, former Health Secreary & former Chancellor, on a platform talking lack of pay - but not about social care workers (known as the Cinderella service for as long as I can remember)? No no no; he wss talking about how MPs are not paid enough. That's all you need to know.

In America, they throw you out after three days if you can move.

One man said he was ready to leave the hospital and his family misses him. Why doesn't his family take him home. I don't understand!

Family step up and care for your elders!!!!

The Conservatives have broken everything.

Perhaps one reason there are so many unfulfilled vacancies is that the NHS and just about everyone else requires a DBS check. Even your local supermarket requires one to stack shelves! As a court conviction is so common nowadays, I think the NHS are losing out on a lot of capable people.

I don't understand, are these people not free to leave of their own accord? What happens if they do leave without being discharged, are they prevented from receiving future care? What's keeping them and their families from just walking them out the door?

Who made these people police and making it an against the law to leave a hospital? This is a crime in-prisoning against their will.

From the bottom to most 'impactful; youtube comments, social media posts, independent TV show interviews and finally established news show documentaries like this. Ultimately, all of this means nothing when discussing change; it's just talking. The big wigs are the ones who decide what happens.

Never let the policies of greedy men turn your heart cruel against humanity. People have feelings and needs that need to be met.

When I live in the UK 40 plus years ago NHS was really good, the biggest problem is the comunity help is the issue, they keep focusing on the hospitals and all the money ends up there, when they need to focus on in home help if needs to be upgrading the home environment so they can stay at home, but then the other side of the issue is who to help first, it’s the same thing in Australia, and the ones who need the help are ignored and the ones who can afford to do the upgrades to their home themselves are getting the help that the others should be getting.

My mother in law was let out too soon and died from a fall 5 days later. We all said it was too early, and she had care and was in sheltered housing

Here is pressure on the NHS! Why not sort out the care services. We know that we are an aging population yet nothing is done about it.

Patients cant be discharged to the streets. Stop blaming the hospital. Take your loved ones home and care for them yourself, stop complaining if you arent going to help...🙄

Somebody must be getting paid for keeping these patients so long. If the hospitals are getting government money, then they must be milking the system.

Anyone notice something flying past at 6:17 and then a scream.

We had a patient in our LTAC for 18 months. It was the sister of the patient that held things up. She wanted the woman to stay with us. We finally sent her on. I thought we were going to have to put her out on the street! It was insane!!

I don't understand this. I had a heart attack and medically discharged myself (against medical advice or AMA) the very same day simply because I had no one who could or would go get my dog and I wasn't about to leave him there alone no matter what. I did go back the next day after both my parents barked at me to return myself asap. They did agree that the dog needed care and Mom ended up taking him in for the time that I stayed until all the testing was done and proved I didn't have and heart damage. If a person wants to go home and has family to care for them at home then let them go home.

I broke my Tibia and Fibula and I was in a hospital that did not want me to leave. I had already been there 5 days and I felt like my body was shutting down.(Blood pressure was uncontrollable and my kidney's were not working, neuropathy in my hands and feet was debilitating, ect. Not to mention that they had to check on me every 5 minutes!!! I could no longer sleep or eat.), I had to create a problem so they would allow me to leave. As soon as I got home my blood pressure went to normal and my kidney's stated to function normally again!!! I would only go back to x-ray the leg, which the Dr said was healing very fast. He also commented on how I looked. So, I agree that hospitals are for sick people not people who need to recover at home!!! Brother James Kendall Moore OSB OFS OSC

I have been a bedside nurse for 35+ years. The U.S. medical began to rapidly unravel in 2010 when it was redesigned from the White House. Insurance reimbursement decreased, nurse/patient & Nursing Assistant/patient ratios increased. At the same time, the price of insurance increased dramatically. Electronic Medical Records and medical staff documentation is complex and time consuming. I could go on for hours. You wore us out during covid and now healthcare workers are absolutely burned out. The patients and their families treat us like household servants. The corporate hospital administrations act as though we are game board pieces.

The state of health care in the UK.

This is nothing new. Go to any acute care ward, surgical or medical, you will find "bed blockers", poor old souls who don't need acute care but have nowhere to go and occupy acute beds for months even years.

This wonderful " free, universal" healthcare isn't what it's cracked up to be is it?

PAY PEOPLE WHAT THEY DESERVE, I consider my nursing career HARD Labor

If you as patient want out If not let out its kidnapping I do not consent to treatment

This is something the nursing profession has warned about for years. When these people need home care the most, there is an alarming lack of resources. Many do not have family to take care of them because every adult has to work these days. The pay for home care positions is criminal and the work is very taxing. My own father is currently in the hospital and is declining rapidly. I fear he will not be here for long.

We have the opposite problem in the US. Insurance won’t pay past a certain point and some hospitals routinely discharge patients that are unhoused or need aftercare right onto the street. If there’s no family too bad.

If you think our politicians can be trusted with health care, read Critical by Dr Julia Grace Patterson.

So there is a severe lack of availability of nursing homes in the UK?

Over here in America, they just been simply taking people out and dumping them out on the street some of them in wheelchairs. Some of them just lay on the ground. I don’t know how these hospitals in this country get away with doing that, but they do literally just tossed out in the street like trash.

Why is there not someone from the government on this video? Questioning someone not in power is pointless right now

Sounds like the terms and criteria for discharge from the hospital NEED TO BE CHANGED.

As a former care in the community I know why it's so difficult to get carers.. Perhaps if Government spoke to us and acted This would not happen!

Integrated care can massively maximise health outcomes for communities, we are just getting it so wrong and after so many years it’s not working.

This discharge problem just like the short of staff issue been talking about for years...I hope this time they really do something rather than just talking about it!

I wont put my care & life in the hands of the healthcare system. My Mother passed away with little care in our local hospital because the staff wasn't there. I can barely see my medical practitioner when I need to see her & this has placed me at high risk because of my health conditions. I have come to the conclusion that if I want to stay comfortable & face less risk, its better for me to stay home & take care of self even if it means my life will end. If that is the case, I'd rather die in my home & not let anyone know how sick I really am. I no longer trust the healthcare system & I blame government for this, As with any professional human healthcare & wellness service I no longer trust any of them, this includes the FDA etc etc etc.

Families could help each other more too to help

It's not clear why they're not being discharged.

Austerity failure .. ty to the Iron Lady. What a travesty.....

This is unacceptable.

What a ridiculous state of affairs

My dads just been in 10 weeks ...he went in from a fall and now he cant walk and has been placed in a care home....its vile...he also had his arm broken in there...its neglect!!!! Vile

Don't you have Rehab facilities? That can be like a hospital setting, but they give you the care you need and go to physical therapy and get you ready to go home.

Whoa , as a nurse in US , no one stays those length of stays 😳. Patients get transferred home , w family or home care services , rehab center or nursing home . There's alot of home care services available for patients assisting w bathing, eating , IVs at home , or need , a sitting , ppl pay big bucks for that ( home care ) , if the patient isn't able they go to rehab or nursing homes. Can't belive this is happening in UK , very sad stuff 😢 😞. Nursing need to start an at home care business for patients 🙏

You know, there used to be a system in place to do this in-home care and there wasn't a problem with discharge patients receiving it when needed. The Catholic Church, when it wasn't attached to the government teat, had entire communities of men and women who were called to a life of self-renunciation and complete devotion to the welfare of their fellow man. Hospitals used to be FILLED with them. They were called nuns (women) and monks (men). Having taken vows of poverty, which allowed them to renounce their own wants, these people were fully trained professionals that had minimal needs themselves and hence the majority of any money spent would go, not to paying each worker's bills, but rather to the care of the patients. When you kick God out of any institution, this destruction happens. When the godless begin to reap what they have sown, they are quick to lay blame elsewhere and double down on the very evils they perpetrated in the first place.

Patients are dieing in the corridors at North Manchester hospital crumpsall Manchester 😭

You need step down unit or rehab units where you can discharge patients that are well enough to go home but can not go due to some social reasons.

What about GP's as they do not attend bed bound patients or patients in homes. Even taking patients blood they have passed this onto The District Nurses. Who needs this care people who cannot get out but GP'S used to look as after these patients but not today.

The UK is so close. Just have to increase resources to home care. In the U.S. as soon as your insurance runs out or if you don't have insurance and they are sure you won't die within the following 24 hours they kick you out on the streets. We have a long way to go just to catch up with the UK. It will be a dream to have your problems.

Where is the familly ??? When my mum Or dad was ill we never put them at home care, was not esy but Your lovly parents .Take them back home and just do what you can.

How ironic, in the USA, patients are being carried out and left to die on sidewalks!!!