A consultant ( last night ) said it all really. The job of a Hospital, it's Doctors & Staff, is to make sure that patients are treated & brought back to a condition of health; where they no longer require Hospital care. It is then the responsibility of other care organisations, to ensure that facilities ie. beds; are available, to accommodate those needing any degree of further care. However, as the consultant went on to say, because the second of those two care requirements are not functioning properly; it seems to be OK to blame the first ( ie. Hospitals ) for the problem, when they are suffering through no fault of their own. I was amazed at the man, who was brought in as an emergency, requiring an emergency, life saving operation........after the op. there was no bed on the ICU; so he remained in the operating theatre for over 8 hours, after the operation had finished, being cared for.  All further operations, in that theatre, then had to be cancelled for the entire rest of the day. I was also a little " miffed " at the Polish man ( of no fixed abode ) working ( supposedly as a mechanic ) and sleeping in customers cars overnight; who took a bed up for 3 WEEKS, because they had nowhere else to send him...........**bleep**..........enough said !!!