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Patients 'unfairly' discharged

The NHS has said "it is simply not fair to be sending people home late at night" after revelations that 8000 patients a week, some elderly and vulnerable, are being sent home from hospital in the middle of the night to relieve pressure on beds.

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Hospital patients 'discharged overnight'

The medical director of the NHS has vowed to take action after it was reported that hundreds of thousands of patients are being sent home from hospital in the middle of the night to relieve demand for beds.

Around 3.5% of all hospital discharges took place between 11pm and 6am, a rate that has held steady over the last five years, according to The Times (£).

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