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HSJ AwardsHSJ Digital Awards 2025: Supporting Elective Recovery Through Digital
WINNER South Warwickshire University Foundation Trust: Implementation of LOLA, a Virtual Clinical Assistant, to Reduce Waiting Lists and Free up Clinical Capacity
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Digital Awards 2025: Improving Out of Hospital Care Through Digital
WINNER Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust: Frailty Virtual Ward
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HSJ LocalVirtual wards saved trust £1.3m a year
Virtual ward beds are £450 cheaper per day than traditional hospital ones, researchers have found in a landmark study.
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NewsVirtual ward cost similar to inpatient care, says contentious study’s author
The cost of discharging patients to virtual wards becomes “equitable” with inpatient care over time, analysis suggests – despite initial findings that it was much more expensive.
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HSJ PartnersCould medication adherence monitoring help bring together the NHS and social care sectors?
“The UK is experiencing increased demand for NHS and social care services. An increasing number of people are living longer with multiple long-term health conditions, and require support from a wide range of services at home, in the community and in hospitals.”
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NewsCancer tests and virtual wards targeted for new cuts
Recently-opened cancer testing centres and virtual wards will be among the services cut back as the NHS seeks to eliminate a £6.6bn forecast deficit, senior leaders have told HSJ.
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HSJ InteractiveIs better technology really the key to ‘fixing’ the NHS?
Lord Darzi’s recent report highlighted a myriad of problems for the NHS but also plenty of solutions, one of them being a “tilt towards technology”. An HSJ webinar, in association with Juniper Networks, discussed whether better technology held the key to fixing the health service’s woes.
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ webinar discussed how virtual care can enable providers to shift from reactive to proactive and deliver better patient outcomes
In association with On-demand now available Virtual technology has the power to revolutionise the way healthcare is delivered. Innovations such as telehealth, remote monitoring and digital communication are shifting the dial from reactive care in traditional settings to proactive care closer to the community. Done right, this ...
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HSJ PartnersFour ways CCS brings power to health sector procurement projects
With tighter NHS budgets and resources, buying products and services is challenging. Working with Crown Commercial Service can help take some pressure off your capital projects.
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NewsNational standard needed for community services investment
The new government must ensure that community as well as primary care receives more funding if it is to honour its pledge to shift the balance of resources away from hospitals, a leading trust CEO has warned.
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HSJ PartnersThe hub model: Achieving a 69% reduction in bed days and enhancing patient care in virtual health systems
Discover the hub model’s impact on virtual care, and get to know the strategies, benefits, challenges, and outcomes to enhance patient care through centralised coordination and efficient resource utilisation.
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NewsVirtual wards growth stalls in 2024
The expansion and use of virtual ward beds has stalled so far in 2024 amid concerns about a cut to national funding, according to analysis of official figures.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Digital Awards 2024: Improving Out of Hospital Care through Digital
WINNER Cambridge University Hospitals: CUH Virtual Ward at Home, a Whole Hospital Approach
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NewsUse your ‘operational muscle’ to improve performance urges NHSE director
Commissioners and providers must get back their “operational process muscle” and use it to drive improvements to care, NHS England’s emergency care lead has told HSJ.
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CommentThe data speaks for itself: our virtual wards go from strength to strength
The transformative potential of Hospital at Home services is driving dynamic change in healthcare delivery, enhancing patient outcomes, and easing pressure on traditional hospital systems, writes Elliot Howard-Jones
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ webinar discussed how better data flow could help improve virtual ward outcomes
In association with An on-demand version of this webinar is available. Virtual wards are a key part of NHS’s drive towards multidisciplinary, in-home care models. At a policy level, the emphasis until now has been on the number of virtual beds available per capita. ...
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CommentMaking hospital at home work
Hospital at home services offer alternatives to traditional inpatient care in the NHS, showing potential benefits but requiring careful implementation strategies for success, writes Steve Iliffe
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HSJ PartnersThe secret to making virtual wards a success
Daan Dohmen explores why greater integration of virtual wards is needed and the benefits that improved education and guidance for patients throughout their entire journey can bring
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HSJ PartnersThe ghost in the machine – balancing the human and technology in digital transformation
Large-scale digital transformation is happening right across the NHS; however, this is often too focused on technological change and overlooks the human changes required to deliver the desired impact. An approach that balances the human and the digital will be key to ensuring sustainable, long-term change
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Beware costly assumptions about virtual care
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by bureau chief Lawrence Dunhill.