Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bed Blockers

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The result was Redirect to National Health Service (England) where content has already been merged. (non-admin close) RMHED (talk) 18:45, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Bed Blockers

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Neologism. Madcoverboy (talk) 14:26, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

• Weak Merge/Redirect if there is an appropriate article where the information could be successfully incorporated. Would need reliable references though. Otherwise Delete.

• Redirect I've just transwikied the content from this article to National Health Service (England). No need for a discrete article on the neologism. Cheers. L0b0t (talk) 14:58, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

• Merge and Redirect The BBC returns 99 results for bed blocking [1] including many article titles while the Times reports over 200 [2].The term 'bed blocking' is certainly very well understood in the UK and as a deriative of this 'bed blocker' would be as well understood as well so I think it's a likely search term (although possibly stil a neologism). That said it's not worthy of it's own article and a redirect to a small section in another article (e.g. NHS) about the problems it causes seems more appropiate. I'd also suggest creating a 'bed blocking' redirect as well. Dpmuk (talk) 15:22, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the sources. Content has now been merged and sourced into National Health Service (England), redirect away. Cheers. L0b0t (talk) 15:32, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 22:43, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

• Redirect to a general page on Hospital discharge or Discharge planning or some such article, which will cover this specific issue as well as others. It's a big topic, and I'm a little surprised that I can't find a Wikipedia article on the topic. "Bed blocking" may be a UK term, but the problem is not at all a UK-specific problem. WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:43, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
• Merge into a more general article on bed management. Not a neoligism as reliable secondary sources. Aside from those who might refuse to be transfered elsewhere (but unsuitable for discharge home and UK NHS has moral duty not to discharge onto the street - i.e. evict) also huge issue as to separation in welfare state of medical care from social care (hence if no provision made for social care in a nursing home for patient who nolonger needs medical care, then patient languishes in hospital). Whilst very much notable, not that much to write in an encyclopedia without it being an essay (vs encyclopedic entry).
  • Better therefore on merged into Hospital bed management (eg >100% bed occupancy in UK and how such turnaround increases rates of MRSA (this reported on just last week), also issues transfering patients between hospitals when facilities full, especially an issue with Special Care Baby Units) - all these have issues of bed management & planning and interection between hospital/other services/community.
  • Whereas Hospital discharge seems more the processes that should routinely occur vs the underlying organisation/service-planning issues. Hence Hospital discharge would be about arranging discharge medcation drugs in good time, arranging outpatient (US=Office) followup arrangements, someone writing a meaningful discharge letter for community General Practitioners & District Nurses to allow them to understand what has occured and provide seemless transition of care etc. David Ruben ^Talk 20:07, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
• Delete. Essentially a dicdef. No merge until suitable candidate extant. JFW | T@lk 22:52, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

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