PREVENTION (of) ADMISSION COMMUNITY TEAM SERVICE (PACT) EVALUATION: BASED ON DATA FOR February 2013 to February 2014 HEALTH MPs, COMMISSIONERS AND TRUSTS SHOULD CONTACT TRIXIE BENNETT TO DISCUSS THE MODEL FURTHER Summary Prevention of admission to hospital and facilitated discharge from acute hospital care is a key priority for the Lincolnshire […]
Read MoreOn Friday 18th October, the Belfry Hotel, Nottingham provided a spectacular backdrop for the finals of the Great East Midlands Care Awards, where Lincolnshire CEO, Trixie Bennett received The Care Innovator Award. This award was to recognise the person who has shown exceptional entrepreneurial skills in identifying, developing, implementing and establishing a new service that […]
Read MoreAs part of the additional £8m health budget awarded to Lincolnshire, local non profit project PACT, Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (LPFT) and Lincoln Hospital Trust (LHT) are joining forces. A substantial amount of this budget has been directed towards preparing for ‘winter pressures’, following last years weather induced A&E closures, cancelled operations, bed pressures & ambulance delays, as […]
Read MoreStifling statistics in the news tell a story of not just financial cuts (£1.7 billion), but of the plight of ‘hundreds of thousands’ of our elderly. The numbers of elderly individuals using the A&E department has increased by more than 100,000 in the last year. The cause may be a fall, a stroke, an infection […]
Read MoreAn initiative to support old and vulnerable patients during and after hospital discharge is also reducing readmission rates. The prevention and avoidance community team has helped 300 patients to make the transition from hospital to home. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian In most cases patients look forward to being discharged from hospital, but for […]
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