Elderly people will be treated at home by NHS rapid response units under plans to reduce hospital admissions. In a scheme to be rolled out next winter, older people who need urgent support will be seen in their own home within two hours. Elderly people will be treated at home by NHS rapid response units under plans to reduce hospital admissionsNHS England is investing £14million in seven urgent community response teams, with at least three to be up and running by next winter. They are often admitted for falls, dehydration or infections that could have been avoided if they received adequate social care. Research by the charity Age UK estimated that ‘bed blocking’ due to a lack of social care cost the NHS £587million between the general elections in June 2017 and December 2019.

Source: Daily Mail January 24, 2020 01:55 UTC