Stephen Boyle: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- auditor general for Scotland
- Quoted on
- Adult social care & reform, Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Press citations held
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
“Delayed discharges from hospital have far-reaching impacts on people's health and well-being. The Scottish Government, health bodies, councils and other partner organisations agree on the need for major changes and are actively trying to reduce delayed discharges. Now they must improve how they collect, analyse and use data to evaluate the initiatives underway to tackle the problem.”
What Stephen Boyle has said
“Now they must improve how they collect, analyse and use data to evaluate the initiatives under way to tackle the problem. Without this, it's impossible to understand the impacts and costs of delayed discharges and whether the initiatives across Scotland are improving lives, services and delivering value for money.”
auditor general for Scotland · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 30 Sept 2026 · Delayed discharges costing NHS Scotland £440m a year, report says ↗
“Delayed discharges from hospital have far-reaching impacts on people's health and well-being. The Scottish Government, health bodies, councils and other partner organisations agree on the need for major changes and are actively trying to reduce delayed discharges. Now they must improve how they collect, analyse and use data to evaluate the initiatives underway to tackle the problem.”
Auditor General for Scotland · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 30 Sept 2026 · One in nine Scottish hospital beds blocked by delayed discharges ↗
Where Stephen Boyle has been quoted
- Delayed discharges, a sign of wider challenges in health and social careaudit.scot · 30 Sept 2026
- Delayed discharges costing NHS Scotland £440m a year, report saysbbc.com · 30 Sept 2026
- One in nine Scottish hospital beds blocked by delayed dischargesheraldscotland.com · 30 Sept 2026
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