Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the number of bed days that were lost due to delayed transfers of care in Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust in 2017.

Caroline Dinenage, Minister of State for Care: There were 22,772 delayed transfer of care bed days at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust during 2017.

NHS England publishes information on the number of delayed transfers of care on a monthly basis. This is available at individual trust and national level via their Statistical Work Areas webpages and can be accessed via the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care

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