All Admissions and discharge articles – Page 13
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NewsA&Es under 'extreme pressure' as admissions rise
Accident and emergency departments are ‘cracking under extreme pressure’ with the number of patients waiting longer than four hours at a record high.
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HSJ Local'Perfect storm' tips Walsall trust into the red
Walsall Healthcare Trust has instigated an action plan to clear its ‘significant’ waiting list after being hit by a ‘perfect storm’ of IT problems and heightened demand that threatens to push it £9m into the red.
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SupplementsGood practice case study: improved flow through faster discharge
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust brings discharge duties home when needed for timely service delivery.
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SupplementsGood practice case study: rehabilitation and older patients
NHS Lanarkshire trains nursing teams from acute hospital wards in older patient rehabilitation and enablement
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SupplementsGood practice case study: making frailty everyone's business
Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust screens all acute admissions for frailty
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SupplementsGood practice case study: integrating systems for better care
South Warwickshire Foundation Trust set up three discharge-to-access pathways that cut down the length of hospital stay for older patients
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SupplementsGood practice case study: setting the course for better elderly care
Leicester’s interface geriatrics program seeks to diminish hospital admissions among the oldest old through comprehensive geriatric assessment
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NewsA&E patients 'will wait longer'
Patients should expect ‘inevitable’ greater waits in accident and emergency departments, two health charities have warned.
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NewsDelayed discharges cost NHS £526m, warns Age UK
A charity for older people has warned of a “marked rise” in the length of time elderly people are held up in hospital while they wait for social care.
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HSJ KnowledgeAll in a day's work: the drive for better ambulatory care
Make same-day care the default option
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HSJ KnowledgeImprove frail elderly care with evidence, not intuition
How Camden CCG reduced admissions
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NewsExclusive: Later arrival at hospital means staying for days longer, analysis shows
Being admitted to hospital a few hours later in the day often means patients spending several days longer on wards, according to new analysis shared with HSJ.
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CommentBetter housing will relieve winter pressures
Housing improvements are vital for reducing emergency hospital visits
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NewsElderly lack support after hospital
A lack of support for older people after they have been in hospital leaves them vulnerable to readmission, new research has found.
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HSJ KnowledgeAchieve equity in access to sickle cell services
Allocating resources to thalassaemia service provision
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NewsIntermediate care provision 'stuck', DH director admits
Intermediate care is under pressure with demand outstripping capacity, according to a national audit by a group of leading healthcare organisations.
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NewsIncrease in hospital admissions
The number of hospital admissions rose again last year, with the total level being nearly a third higher than that recorded a decade ago, data reveals.
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NewsA&E pressure increasing admissions
Accident and emergency departments are under increasing pressure, which is leading to high numbers of patients being admitted, according to a new report from the National Audit Office.
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HSJ KnowledgeMake a link between mental and physical health services
Liaison psychiatry can help achieve parity between services
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HSJ KnowledgeTelehealth: a solution to bed blocking?
Supporting the transition from hospital to home care