Who the fuck cares about 'better care' ? YOU need to scream for better RESULTS, nothing less.
http://www.cranbrookherald.com/news/ottery_st_mary_hospital_to_lose_stroke_unit_1_4897659
Health bosses say the transfer to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (RD&E) will enable patients to access better care.
Ottery St Mary Hospital will lose its stroke rehabilitation unit as
services transfer back to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (RD&E)
in April.
Health bosses say the move will benefit patients, who
will be able to access more ‘joined-up’ care, 24-hour medical cover and a
range of specialist staff.
But it presents a further blow to
Ottery’s community-funded hospital - that has hosted eastern Devon’s
stroke unit on a temporary basis since November 2014 – following the
decision to cuts all of the town’s inpatient beds in July 2015.
The
move back to the RD&E is the final stage in completing
recommendations from a 2013 consultation led by Northern, Eastern and
Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and the Stroke
Association.
RD&E stroke consultant Martin James said:
“Moving the stroke rehabilitation unit onto the same site as our acute
stroke unit is a key part of plans to improve stroke services for all
people in Exeter and eastern Devon.
“The move will see a range of
specialists – including nurses, physiotherapists, occupational
therapists, dieticians, and speech and language therapists – working
closely together to provide seamless care for people with stroke.
Patients will benefit from greater continuity in care and 24-hour
medical cover on site and staff will form part of a bigger specialist
team, with increased opportunities to develop skills and gain input from
a range of stroke specialists.”
The stroke rehabilitation
facility will be transferred to the RD&E’s Yealm Ward and hospital
rehabilitation services currently sited there are due to relocate into
the community as part of a move towards caring for people in their own
homes.
The RD&E NHS Foundation Trust says this is part of
efforts to improve outcomes for frail and older people by reducing
reliance on inpatient hospital care which, it says, can impact
negatively on people’s rehabilitation.
In addition to the new
facility on Yealm Ward, stroke patients will continue to benefit from
the ‘Early Supported Discharge (ESD)’ initiative across eastern Devon.
This
service enables people to return home as soon as possible after a
stroke by providing support, specialist care and rehabilitation in
patients’ own houses.
The trust says evidence shows that patients who receive ESD spend less time in hospital and can have better outcomes.
Adel
Jones, the RD&E’s integration director, said: “These changes will
help improve clinical outcomes for our patients and ensure that services
are delivered where they are most effective. This means providing the
best acute care possible for the critically ill in hospital and helping
people who are able to be discharged rehabilitate in their own homes
with the right support and interventions.”
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