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Average delayed transfers of care bed (adults aged 18 and over), per 100,000 population (12 month average)
(10763)
Metric type
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- Average number of delayed transfers of care on a particular day taken over the year divided by the size of the adult population in the area (aged 18 and over) multiplied by 100,000.
A delayed transfer of care occurs when a patient is ready for transfer from a hospital bed, but is still occupying such a bed. A patient is ready for transfer when:- (a) a clinical decision has been made that the patient is ready for transfer AND
- (b) a multi-disciplinary team decision has been made that the patient is ready for transfer AND
- (c) the patient is safe to discharge/transfer.
This is the average of the 12 monthly 'DTOC Beds' figures calculated from the monthly Situation Report (SitRep).
- Modified
- 15 Feb 2024
- Data last updated
- 26 Oct 2021
- Also known as
- ASCOF 2C(1)
- Short label
- Average DTOC Beds per 100,000 (population 18+) (12 month average)
- Status
- Discontinued
- Output precision
- 1
- Polarity
- a low value is good
- Measure
- Per 100,000 population
- Dataset
- Delayed transfers of care from hospital
- Source
- NHS Digital
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