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The following table shows the number of bed days occupied by people delayed in their discharge in hospitals in NHS Highland for all delay reasons over the period April 2017 to March 2022 by financial year. The hospital of delay represents the location of delay as recorded at the monthly data submission date to which all bed days within the month are assigned. The figures for 2020-21 and ?2021-22 will have been impacted by the measures put in place to respond to COVID-19.
Number of delayed bed days occupied in NHS Highland hospitals, 2017-18 to 2021-22
Hospital of delay
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
Argyll and Bute Hospital
61
-
-
-
-
Badenoch and Strathspey Community Hospital
-
-
-
-
919
Cowal Community Hospital
834
345
722
621
860
Islay Hospital
22
387
309
139
170
Victoria Hospital
95
118
90
173
116
Lorn & Islands Hospital
3,744
3,708
2,446
1,258
1,567
Campbeltown Hospital
680
574
401
320
1,068
Dunbar Hospital
144
959
1,276
1,079
1,125
Caithness General Hospital
1,326
1,773
2,442
1,078
1,848
Wick Town and County Hospital
2,288
1,536
1,356
1,564
1,558
Lawson Memorial Hospital
1,253
1,072
1,431
1,242
2,210
RNI Community Hospital
5,050
5,639
4,919
415
1,125
Raigmore Hospital
8,823
8,337
10,925
6,867
8,713
Nairn Town and County Hospital
1,615
2,073
2,623
1,729
2,582
Ian Charles Community Hospital
992
1,066
798
657
84
St Vincent's Hospital
392
271
261
582
282
Belford Hospital
743
949
1,407
1,530
2,164
Mackinnon Memorial Hospital
604
348
41
216
266
Portree Hospital
829
807
217
544
329
Ross Memorial Hospital
2,217
1,793
1,668
1,671
1,207
County Community Hospital Invergordon
4,337
4,932
5,036
3,784
4,708
New Craigs Hospital
3,238
4,496
5,803
4,184
3,333
Mid-Argyll Community Hospital and Integrated Care Centre
1,529
2,077
2,252
1,259
503
Migdale Hospital
2,008
2,044
1,986
899
1,688
Mull and Iona Community Hospital
129
230
313
58
268
NHS Highland
42,953
45,534
48,722
31,869
38,693
1. “-“ in a cell indicates that no data is available as the hospital had either closed or was not yet opened in that year.
2. Delayed bed days occupied represent the number of days a person spends in hospital following their ready for discharge date.
3. Bed days occupied for the following delay reasons are included: health and social care; patient and family related; and code 9 (complex) delay.
4. If a patient’s delayed discharge involved delayed bed days in more than one hospital, all bed days within the month are assigned to the hospital where the patient was located at the monthly data submission date.