England's national health service is freeing up hospital beds by partnering with an app that will match 5 million patients with compatible private carers. The NHS loses $1.2 billion annually from patients who are stuck in hospitals due to delays arranging care, the percentage of which increased by 42% between 2015 and 2016. Doctors will contact Cera, the social care start-up that runs the app, to match patients with carers in under four hours within London, and 24 hours in many other parts of the country.

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