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There's still almost 900 people stuck in Greater Manchester hospitals that need to go home

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Almost 900 people who are medically fit to go home are stuck in Greater Manchester hospital beds, while demand for scarce space on wards remains huge.

The number of patients waiting to be discharged has risen above 800 repeatedly over the winter, remaining at this high level for weeks at a time.

This winter has been another severely pressured cold season for the NHS, hit by spikes in Covid-19, flu and norovirus, long waits in A&E, packed wards and major delays to care.

Greater Manchester has witnessed terrifying scenes of elderly and vulnerable patients waiting more than 24 hours for a bed, or languishing on trolleys in emergency department corridors for hours.

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