Patients suffering from dementia are among those sent home in order to free up bed space Getty ImagesFrail elderly patients are being kicked out of hospital too soon because of NHS mismanagement and political failure, a cross-party group of MPs says. Dementia patients are among those sent home in the middle of the night to free beds in a dangerous practice engrained in the structure of the NHS, the public administration committee says. Ministers must stop patients being discharged by night to suffer harrowing experiences, MPs say in a report today, more than four years after The Times revealed the extent of the problem. At the same time, rising numbers of patients are stuck in hospital when…

Source: The Times September 27, 2016 23:03 UTC