Briefing shares how home improvement services can cost-effectively speed up hospital discharges
The Good Home Network has published helpful information about how home improvement services can help facilitate timely hospital discharges. The Good Home Network, a collaboration…
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…
25 percent more beds being blocked this winter compared to last year, NHS England warns
NHS England is cautioning that thousands of beds are being blocked by patients that are medically fit to be discharged due to a “perfect storm”…
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…
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…
Guest article: How can technology support the NHS in a crisis?
Zillah Moore, Director at Tunstall Healthcare In this article, Zillah Moore, Director at Tunstall Healthcare, discusses the role of technology enabled care services (TECS) and…
Latest Government figures show reduced delayed discharges across the social care system over one-year period
Vulnerable people across England received almost 13 million extra hours of home visits from social care workers last year, new statistics from the Department of…
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…