The GIRFT national review of Hospital at Home (virtual wards) – what have we learnt so far?

The GIRFT national review of hospital at home (virtual wards) – what have we learnt so far?

Dr Shelagh O’Riordan, Dr Sarah Mercer and Maria Parsonage, GIRFT clinical leads working with the virtual wards team, are hosting this first in a series of community of practice webinars where they will discuss the key themes and learnings from the GIRFT reviews conducted across more than 170 virtual wards since 2023.

The national delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services encourages integrated care boards (ICBs) and providers to support systems to implement new models of virtual wards, in more clinical areas, including for patients with a broader range of conditions.

Hospital at Home is a key part of The 10 Year Health Plan, helping to deliver on both “hospital to community” and “analogue to digital”, and now represent the equivalent of 12% of G&A bed capacity. Best practice examples of Hospital at Home demonstrate the ability to support fairly high acuity patients in their usual place of residence, often with better outcomes and lower costs.

In this webinar series we will also look at examples of good practice to support systems to maximise their Hospital at Home services for early supported discharge and admission avoidance.

Questions about this event?

Name: sophie sheard

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