South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust’s elderly care is ‘leading the way’

Changes made to emergency healthcare for older people by South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been praised in a report by the national charity the King’s Fund, which exists to enable improvements to healthcare to be made in England.
By The Newsroom
Published 19th Mar 2014, 10:00 GMT
Professor David Oliver and Dr Nicola Walsh from the Kings Fund congratulate Dr James Reid, consultant geriatrician at Warwick Hospital, and the rest of the team.Professor David Oliver and Dr Nicola Walsh from the Kings Fund congratulate Dr James Reid, consultant geriatrician at Warwick Hospital, and the rest of the team.
Professor David Oliver and Dr Nicola Walsh from the Kings Fund congratulate Dr James Reid, consultant geriatrician at Warwick Hospital, and the rest of the team.

The trust’s new care model - which has overseen changes including the introduction of new community teams who visit patients in their homes and old age specialists in its hospitals - was recognised by the charity as a leading example of how to make healthcare systems fit for an ageing population. The authors of the report visited Warwick Hospital earlier this month to sees the changes first-hand and congratulate the staff involved.

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