More than 3,600 people are ‘stuck’ in hospitals across Australia

Aged care consultant Paul Sadler says more than 3,600 people are “stuck” in hospitals awaiting discharge home or to an aged care facility. “It is a risk whenever you reduce the private hospital benefits,” Mr Sadler told News24. “New South Wales government also released data yesterday showing that 3,600 people are now stuck in hospitals at a national level, ready for discharge home or to a residential aged care service. “These are people who no longer need to be in hospital, but our aged care system doesn’t have the places available for them.”