More than 150 patients who were fit to be discharged have been taking up beds at hospitals in South Tyneside and Sunderland every day in recent weeks, new figures show.
Fewer than two-thirds of people suspected of living with dementia in South Tyneside were given a formal diagnosis last year, new figures show.
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