This service is intended for patients who require acute level care and would otherwise be in hospital; it is not intended for chronic disease management. The Acute Respiratory virtual ward supports both an alternative to hospital admission and early discharge from an inpatient hospital bed.
This service is intended for patients who require acute level care and would otherwise be in hospital; it is not intended for chronic disease management. The frailty virtual ward supports both an alternative to hospital admission and early discharge from an inpatient hospital bed.
Working collaboratively across Acute and Community Paediatric Services the Paediatric Virtual Ward has made a real difference to families across the Fylde Coast supporting early discharge and preventing hospital readmission. This has allowed families to stay at home together and children to be cared for in their own homes, whilst receiving excellent care from the Children’s Community Nursing Team, a positive difference for families.
Trinity Hospice, in partnership with BTH, have launched a new service to allow a safe alternative to hospital or hospice for patients who need palliative or end-of-life care through community-based acute health care delivery.
The innovative service will see eligible patients admitted onto a ‘virtual ward’ where their observations can be monitored and medications quickly altered if their condition changes.
Virtual Wards
The virtual ward pathway is a combination of regular face-to-face assessments, care and/or treatment and technology-enabled remote monitoring to include oximetry and other monitoring as clinically appropriate.
A patient could be visited as often as daily on some virtual wards by the Rapid Response team. Typically, a patient on a virtual ward could admitted for up to 14 days with less than 5% of virtual ward patients being admitted into a hospital setting.
