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Can we avoid hospitalisation with the use of virtual wards?
In a presentation for the GM Conference 2022, Professor Margot Gosney, Honorary Consultant in Elderly Care Medicine at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, discussed just how valuable virtual wards, or hospital at home, can be for older, frail patients.
In a presentation for the GM Conference 2022, Professor Margot Gosney, Honorary Consultant in Elderly Care Medicine at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, discussed just how valuable virtual wards, or hospital at home, can be for older, frail patients.
A new Panorama documentary, The NHS Crisis: Can It Be Fixed?, has unearthed some of the key issues facing the health service and what doctors and nurses are doing to relieve some of the pressure in hospitals. Caring for the older population who are living longer and with multiple long-term conditions was a particular focus of the programme. The BBC’s social affairs editor, Alison Holt, speaks to NHS staff who are increasingly providing care in the community, rather than in the hospital. ‘Virtual wards’, also known as ‘hospital at home’, are becoming increasingly used as a method to treat patients
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