Information held nationally on delayed discharges can identify the number of people aged 18 and over who were delayed in their discharge from hospital.People delayed due to a lack of available social care packages can be identified using Delay Reason code 25D – “Awaiting completion of arrangements - in order to live in their own home – awaiting social care support (non-availability of services)”.Figures from Financial Year 2020-21 to 2024-25 (inclusive) are shown in Table 1.Table 1: Number of people delayed due to Awaiting completion of arrangements in order to live in their own home, awaiting social care support (non-availability of services) in the financial Years 2020-21 to 2024-25 by Health Board.Health Board2020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25NHS Ayrshire & Arran1,1121,5301,4601,6601,652NHS Borders173213190178211NHS Dumfries & Galloway148338453512498NHS Fife350745471128281NHS Forth Valley583761777428451NHS Grampian289383374356391NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde6841,3311,6221,5521,123NHS Highland396387406424505NHS Lanarkshire2,4852,2582,5392,5842,424NHS Lothian1,5682,0442,1592,1672,226NHS Orkney1626342437NHS Shetland 837474661NHS Tayside531786942738750NHS Western Isles 7885685588Scotland8,41610,89211,50710,81410,6711.The data relate to individuals aged 18 years and over, in the delayed discharges data collection, who were clinically ready for discharge from hospital and experienced a delay reason recorded as due to awaiting completion of arrangements in order to live in their own home, awaiting social care support (non-availability of services).2.If an individual was delayed in multiple financial years, they will be counted in each financial year they were delayed.3.The total for Scotland in a year may not match the sum of the people delayed in each Health Board in a year.