Claim: In January there were one million people in hospital who couldn't leave because they had nowhere to go.
Fact-check: Are there one million people in hospital with nowhere else to go?  - Full Fact
Verdict: we've asked for the source of this claim, but it seems to be incorrect. in january there were 7,100 people in hospital at the end of the month who were medically fit to leave but hadn't been discharged. across the whole month there were 197,000 delayed days when patients fit to leave weren't discharged.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2017-05-05T00:00:00