Hospitals in England discharging patients into ‘care hotels’
by Denis Campbell Health policy editor from World news | The Guardian on (#67GKM)
NHS trusts in south-west using hotels to free up beds to help them cope with winter crisis
Hospitals in several parts of England are discharging patients into care hotels" in an effort to free up desperately needed beds to help them cope with the NHS winter crisis.
NHS trusts providing acute care in Devon, Cornwall and Bristol, along with surrounding areas, have begun moving patients who are medically fit to leave into hotels.
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