The second national audit of intermediate care

Intermediate care services have developed internationally to expedite discharge from hospital and to provide an alternative to an emergency hospital admission. Inconsistencies in the evidence base and under-developed governance structures led to concerns about the care quality, outcomes and provisio...

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Main Authors: Young, John W., Gladman, John R.F., Forsyth, Duncan R., Holditch, Claire
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Published: Oxford University Press 2014
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41396/
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author Young, John W.
Gladman, John R.F.
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Holditch, Claire
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description Intermediate care services have developed internationally to expedite discharge from hospital and to provide an alternative to an emergency hospital admission. Inconsistencies in the evidence base and under-developed governance structures led to concerns about the care quality, outcomes and provision of intermediate care in the NHS. The National Audit of Intermediate Care was therefore established by an interdisciplinary group. The second national audit reported in 2013 and included crisis response teams, home-based and bed-based services in approximately a half of the NHS. The main findings were evidence of weak local strategic planning, considerable under-provision, delays in accessing the services and lack of mental health involvement in care. There was a very high level of positive patient experience reported across all types of intermediate care, though reported involvement with care decisions was less satisfactory.
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spelling nottingham-413962020-05-04T16:57:51Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41396/ The second national audit of intermediate care Young, John W. Gladman, John R.F. Forsyth, Duncan R. Holditch, Claire Intermediate care services have developed internationally to expedite discharge from hospital and to provide an alternative to an emergency hospital admission. Inconsistencies in the evidence base and under-developed governance structures led to concerns about the care quality, outcomes and provision of intermediate care in the NHS. The National Audit of Intermediate Care was therefore established by an interdisciplinary group. The second national audit reported in 2013 and included crisis response teams, home-based and bed-based services in approximately a half of the NHS. The main findings were evidence of weak local strategic planning, considerable under-provision, delays in accessing the services and lack of mental health involvement in care. There was a very high level of positive patient experience reported across all types of intermediate care, though reported involvement with care decisions was less satisfactory. Oxford University Press 2014-11-05 Article PeerReviewed Young, John W., Gladman, John R.F., Forsyth, Duncan R. and Holditch, Claire (2014) The second national audit of intermediate care. Age and Ageing, 44 (2). pp. 182-184. ISSN 1468-2834 Intermediate care National audit Older people https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afu174 doi:10.1093/ageing/afu174 doi:10.1093/ageing/afu174
spellingShingle Intermediate care
National audit
Older people
Young, John W.
Gladman, John R.F.
Forsyth, Duncan R.
Holditch, Claire
The second national audit of intermediate care
title The second national audit of intermediate care
title_full The second national audit of intermediate care
title_fullStr The second national audit of intermediate care
title_full_unstemmed The second national audit of intermediate care
title_short The second national audit of intermediate care
title_sort second national audit of intermediate care
topic Intermediate care
National audit
Older people
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