Cole-Hamilton: SNP have ripped up promises on delayed discharges

Responding to new Public Health Scotland figures showing nearly 2,000 people (1,953) were stuck in hospital at the August census due to their discharge being delayed, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:

“The SNP have ripped up their decade-old promise to end delayed discharges. Their failure to provide proper care at home and in the community has left 2,000 people stuck in hospital beds on a typical night, creating bed shortages for new patients and longer waits in A&E.

"Our health and social care service deserves better than this. Only the Scottish Liberal Democrats have a realistic plan to solve this problem. We would create a new UK-wide minimum wage for care workers, £2 higher than the national minimum wage, to tackle the chronic staff shortages in care and make social care a profession of choice again.”