The number of hospital beds 'blocked' by elderly patients well enough ... benefit around 150,000 more elderly people every year. The NHS Confederation said bed-blocking was part of the 'vicious ...

“A lot of these elderly folk looked fearful and confused. Some were being treated as people ... a proper bed – while some never get one at all. The problem is so bad that one hospital in ...

ROME — Pope Francis is continuing his recovery from pneumonia, eating breakfast out of bed on Thursday morning after a sixth ...

A great-grandma lay helpless on a bed in a hospital corridor for 70 hours as she waited to be taken to a ward. Maureen Harman ...

But a fall after sideswiping a bollard, and another while in respite care, left Bernie facing back-to-back stints in hospital ... elderly patients are spending months waiting in NSW hospitals for ...