The number of patients who are stuck in the Illawarra Shoalhaven's hospitals waiting for aged care or NDIS placements has grown by almost 25 per cent in one year.

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The increase has provoked Keira MP Ryan Park, the NSW Minister for Health and the Illawarra and South Coast, to demand that the federal government provide more places for the elderly and people with disability to relieve the bed block.

As of October 2024, 101 beds in Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District hospitals were taken up with people who were ready for discharge, but did no

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