Wednesday 29 June 2022 12:06 AM NHS bosses plan to ease bed crisis by turning patients' bedrooms into wards in ... trends now

Wednesday 29 June 2022 12:06 AM NHS bosses plan to ease bed crisis by turning patients' bedrooms into wards in ... trends now
Wednesday 29 June 2022 12:06 AM NHS bosses plan to ease bed crisis by turning patients' bedrooms into wards in ... trends now

Wednesday 29 June 2022 12:06 AM NHS bosses plan to ease bed crisis by turning patients' bedrooms into wards in ... trends now

NHS bosses plan to ease bed crisis by turning patients' bedrooms into wards as part of new initiative Patients to be given phones and wearable devices that allow doctors to monitor Up to 25,000 people could be treated under the ‘hospital at home’ scheme Patients could be discharged sooner or avoid being admitted into hospital The plan forms part of the Government’s Plan for Digital Health and Social Care

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The NHS will ask patients to turn their bedrooms into hospital wards in an effort to free up hospital beds and tackle waiting lists.

They will be given mobile phones and wearable devices that allow doctors to monitor their vital signs remotely on ‘virtual wards’.

Up to 25,000 people at a time could be treated under the ‘hospital at home’ scheme by March 2024 in a big boost to capacity.

And it could allow patients to be discharged from hospital sooner – or avoid the need to be admitted in the first place.

The initiative forms part of the Government’s Plan for Digital Health and Social Care, published today.

The NHS will ask patients to turn their bedrooms into hospital wards in an effort to free up hospital beds and tackle waiting lists (stock image of ward)

The NHS will ask patients to turn their bedrooms into hospital wards in an effort to free up hospital beds and tackle waiting lists (stock image of ward)

It outlines ministers’ ambitions to expand the use of technology within the NHS rapidly in an attempt to save billions of pounds over the next decade.

Proposals include expanding the use of remote monitoring, improving the NHS App and rolling out digital health and social care records in hospitals and care homes.

The Government will create an extra 10,500 data and technology roles as well as increase training in these areas for new and existing staff.

The expanded use of ‘virtual wards’ comes after NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard admitted that too many beds had been cut. Some 25,000 staffed beds

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