Acute care

Anti-trespass laws to be used to shift bed blocking patients

By 2011-02-15T11:57:00

Elderly patient in a wheelchair

Source: PHOTOPQR/LA DEPECHE DU MIDI

Hospitals in north Merseyside are planning to use the anti-trespass powers used to ban “hoodies” from shopping centres to shift patients who are blocking beds.

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