Celebrating saving the NHS 10,000 bed days
It’s important to take the time to mark achievements. Today at HomeLink Healthcare (HLHC), we’re proud to celebrate a significant landmark with one of our co-created services: saving over 10,000 bed days for the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation...
Discharge to Assess – retaining the positive improvements from the pandemic
While Covid-19 has thrown much of society into disarray and caused monumental damage to hospitals, healthcare workers and their patients – in healthcare, there have been some positive changes. One of these is in the altered attitudes toward hospitals and...
Hospital at home in the time of COVID-19
Covid-19 sent shock waves through Britain’s national health service, exposing fragilities, underlining insecurities, and pushing many hospitals to the brink. The pandemic has both exacerbated existing issues and added fresh challenges.
Even before coronavirus swept through the UK, the NHS was struggling. Overwhelmed hospital capacities, protracted A&E waits and staff shortages signalled a looming crisis. The NHS was rapidly mobilised in response. Non-urgent care was scaled back, elective surgeries were cancelled. Infection control measures added to mounting capacity challenges: fewer beds spaced further apart.
Addressing the shortfall in NHS hospital beds this winter
The NHS will face the winter peak in demand with around 5500 fewer beds than last year, the Health Service Journal reported earlier this month. Covid-19 precautions are behind much of the decline in numbers, for example infection control measures mean beds are more...