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Inpatient care is the care of patients whose condition requires admission to a hospital. Progress in modern medicine and the advent of comprehensive out-patient clinics ensure that patients are only admitted to a hospital when they are extremely ill or have severe physical trauma .
Out-of-hours services are provided by East Lancashire Medical Services Limited, [7] OWLS CIC Ltd [8] (West Lancashire), Chorley Medics [9] and Bay Urgent Care. Virgin Care won a five-year contract for services previously provided by Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust in West Lancashire in 2016.
Discharge planning processes can be effective in reducing a patient's length of stay in hospital. For example, for older people admitted with a medical condition, discharge planning has been shown to improve satisfaction, reduce the overall length of stay, and within 3-month period reduce the likelihood of readmission. [ 4 ]
Sharon Gilligan, the deputy chief executive at East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, said: "I want to start by saying how sorry we are to everyone who finds themselves or their family waiting for long ...
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS hospital trust in Lancashire, England. It was established on 1 September 2002, [2] as the result of a locally controversial, cost saving merger of Blackburn Hyndburn & Ribble Valley NHS Trust and Burnley Health Care NHS Trust, first announced in September 1999. [3] Shazad Sarwar was appointed chair ...
In 1929 it became known as the Queen's Park Institution, a name which evolved to become the Queen's Park Hospital. [ 1 ] A new hospital, to be known as the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2003 to replace the Queen's Park Hospital and the Blackburn Royal Infirmary . [ 2 ]
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In 1953, care planning was not believed to be within the nursing scope of practice. [5] In the 1970s, care planning was activity based. [5] Patients were listed according to the procedures they were having done, which determined their plan of care. [5] Care provided was passed on by word of mouth, dressing books, and work lists. [5]