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Rise in delayed discharges from hospital

The number of patients waiting in Scottish hospitals beyond the end of treatment has increased in the past year.

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There were 606 delayed discharges in January, an increase from 492 in the same month last year, according to NHS statisticians at ISD Scotland.

Of those, 83 patients waited more than six weeks to leave, up from 79 in January 2009.