Hospital beds were taken up on past 12 months in more than 1 million days . This is 19 % increase on last year meaning bed-blocking has hit record high . A bed in a hospital costs the NHS a basic £275 per day plus medicines . Problem is now costing the NHS an estimated £287million a year .
Hospital beds were taken up on more than 1 million days in past 12 months . This is 19 % increase on last year meaning bed-blocking has hit record high . A bed in a hospital costs the NHS a basic £275 per day plus medicines . Problem is now costing the NHS an estimated £287million a year .