Innovative hospital discharge model at NHS trust frees up 60 beds per day
Care management software provider CareLineLive has expanded its partnership with Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) that is resulting in freeing up 60…
Scotland also invests in extra NHS beds capacity as UK services face extreme pressure
The Scottish Government has announced that funding of at least £8 million for additional care home beds and efforts to boost NHS 24 capacity are…
£200m funding to help NHS buy thousands of extra beds to speed up hospital discharges
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has revealed up to £250 million funding that is set to help speed up hospital discharges. Backed…
Another NHS organisation trials temporary care hotel to help free up beds
In order to relieve pressures that are being experienced across the NHS and care services this winter, a collaboration between health and care providers in…
Over one in 10 NHS England beds blocked in November as patients unable to be discharged
NHS staff answered the highest number of 999 calls for any November on record, an average of around one every three seconds, according to the…
DHSC announces extra £5.4bn for NHS to help tackle backlogs and deliver patient treatments
The NHS will receive an extra £ billion over the next six months to support its response to COVID-19 and help tackle waiting lists, the…
National organisations call for £600m government funding to speed up hospital discharges
Leading health and social care organisations are calling for additional funding from the UK Government to avoid delayed transfers of care and ensure people can…
“Shocking” figures show lack of social care has led to 2.5 million lost bed days since the last General Election
According to new findings from Age UK, there have been million lost bed days in the NHS between the last General Election and the upcoming…
Drive offers range of medical equipment to ease NHS winter pressures and reduce high bed occupancy levels
Drive's Apollo Dynamic Mattress System Helping the NHS tackle high bed occupancy levels during the colder winter months, Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare (DDH) can offer a…
Patients spend millions of unnecessary days in hospital, charity says
A new analysis of NHS figures by charity Marie Curie shows that patients in England spent million unnecessary days in hospital in 2018. NHS England’s…