Official statistics announcement
Timeliness of Acute Hospital Discharges (Discharge Ready Date) for January 2026
The Discharge Ready Date (DRD) publication reports on patients that were discharged in a given month. For these patients, it reports the percentage discharged on the day they become medically optimised for discharge (their ‘Discharge Ready Date’) and, for patients discharged on a later date, the proportions discharged in different time categories (1 day later, 2-3 days later, etc) and the total bed days after the DRD.