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Care home Capacity Tracker rolled out to reduce hospital bedblocking

Best Practice Business Business Practice Equipment Innovation by Lee Peart on April 18, 2019

A digital tool that is being introduced by the NHS and councils to allow health and social care staff to see vacancies in local care homes.

Drop in Delayed Transfers of Care revealed

Best Practice Business by Lee Peart on May 11, 2018

The latest NHS England figures have revealed a fall in the number of Delayed Transfers of Care. There were 154,600

New business aims to free up hospital beds

Best Practice Business Business Practice Case Studies Innovation by Lee Peart on March 5, 2018

A new service designed to tackle hospital bed blocking has been launched. CareRooms provides accommodation in private homes for people

Hospital discharge system leaves care home at ‘crisis point’

Medical Solutions by Lee Peart on February 20, 2018

A new system for placing hospital patients in care homes has caused “complete and utter mayhem”, according to a local

‘Much work to do’ on health and social care integration

Best Practice Business Compliance Research by Lee Peart on January 2, 2018

Health and social care services in York have "much work to do" in order to improve the experiences of people

No Christmas cheer for elderly people stranded in hospital

Business Funding Legislation Research by Lee Peart on December 14, 2017

More than 1,400 vulnerable people living with dementia will spend Christmas in a hospital ward due to a lack of available social care. An Alzheimer’s Society investigation has revealed that people living with dementia

Shropshire care home to open its final unit

Care home groups Care homes with nursing Construction Human Resources Operators People Property Recruitment by Lee Peart on December 1, 2017

Montgomery House in Shrewsbury will open its final unit in January

A purpose-built Shropshire care home will welcome more residents early next year when it opens its fourth and final unit.

CQC finds a tale of two areas in joined up care

Best Practice Business Business Practice Case Studies Innovation Research by Lee Peart on October 6, 2017

The fragmented nature of joined up health and social care has been highlighted in two reports published by the CQC.

Thousands of hospital days lost to bed blocking

Best Practice Business by Lee Peart on September 19, 2017

Thousands of bed days have been lost in one month in Cumbria while patients awaited nursing home places and care

Dementia home to help tackle bed blocking

Care home groups Care homes with nursing New properties Operators Projects by Lee Peart on June 1, 2017

A planned £8m dementia friendly nursing home in Erdington will offer rehabilitation as well as residential care to help ease

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