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Suffolk: Red Cross to care for discharged hospital patients in their homes
Plans for post discharge patient care revealed
Tom Potter Thursday, September 25, 2014
8:45 AM
Hospital patients in Ipswich and east Suffolk could soon be cared for in their homes by the Red Cross after being discharged.
Plans will be discussed later this month to send Red Cross staff to the homes of patients in the three days following a hospital stay.
The move is designed to provide post discharge support to patients for 72 hours and is one of several direct services to be contracted to the third sector in an effort to curb unnecessarily long hospital stays.
Hospital failure regime extended to care homes
The process was introduced by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) a year ago at 11 failing trusts.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28308104
A system of special measures designed to improve failing hospitals in England is to be extended to care homes, the government is expected to announce.
The process was introduced by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) a year ago at 11 failing trusts.
Most have since made progress – although only five have been or are being taken out of special measures.
