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Woman, 90, 'imprisoned in hospital for a month' because of staff shortages
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukA 90-year-old woman was left languishing in hospital for more than a month amid staff shortages in social care, and even after being discharged her nightmare has continued, says her frustrated family.
Nurses at Salford Royal Hospital, where she had been since October 28, believed that home is the best place for the elderly woman, according to her family.
But hospital staff and her loved ones alike were hamstrung by the inability of social care providers to give the Salford patient the support she needed to leave the ward. READ MORE:The reasons why so many people who are 'medically fit for discharge' are still in hospital beds The 90-year-old suffered as a result of a region-wide concern for hospitals, admitted by Greater Manchester health
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