Exeter's RD & E hospital has been singled out in a report on those with the worst problems of so-called bed blocking.
A report for MPs found that more than 20 thousand 'bed days' were lost there in the last year because people who were medically fit to leave had nowhere else to go.
The report accuses ministers of a striking lack of ambition to tackle the problem on a national level, even though it wastes millions of pounds of taxpayers' money.
Exeter care agency rated 'inadequate' and in special measures
Bosses at Horizon Care insist change
Raw sewage spews into Plymouth suburb estate and woods
Concerns raised for public health and wildlife in Woolwell
Councillor stands under trees to stop chainsaw massacre
Emergency preservation order now in place
Three years jail for charity box thief
And he can't eat in McDonald's for eight years
Spat over whether 'inadequate' children's services are as bad as MP suggests
Exeter's Steve Race believes they are in 'last chance saloon;
