86-year-old Beryl Mollekin has now spent more than 12 weeks in total in hospital.

Woman, 86, stuck in NHS hospital five weeks after being discharged

Elderly patients sit around a table with staff at The Ready to Leave unit at Taunton's Musgrove Park

In total, 28 elderly men and women are currently at the unit in Somerset waiting to return home or to move to care homes.

'Breakthrough' Somerset hospital trying to solve 'bed-blocking' problem

Patrick Durrant, from East Grinstead, is one of those who has been affected and he spent three weeks in hospital, needlessly.

A new social care project where empty bungalows have been converted into rehabilitation units could be the answer to bed-blocking in hospitals.

Grants of up to £1,200 are being offered to help families support loved ones after discharge from hospital

Bed blocking in our region has risen by almost 50% in four years. Patients ready to be discharged spent an extra 260,000 days in hospitals.