It all began with a question. It was the early 2000s, and Dr. Geraint Lewis had just started his specialist training at Croydon NHS Primary Care Trust as a public health registrar. The Department of ...

An economic analysis of the NHS flagship 'virtual wards' programme found it reduced lengths of stay but rates of readmission were higher, and the cost per day of virtual ward care was almost double ...

Cutting back on virtual wards would be “short-sighted” and lead to longer hospital stays and more readmissions, a leading consultant has warned. Dr Andrew Barlow, a respiratory physician and clinical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The virtual ward team at the Medway Maritime Hospital monitors patients 24 hours a day [BBC] The NHS in Kent is aiming to further ...

A Sussex mum has been able to stay at home and receive the care she needs thanks to Urgent Community Response teams and Virtual Wards.

More than 8,500 patients in England were being treated on virtual wards in the run-up to Christmas, figures have revealed, as the NHS moves to ease pressures on hospital capacity. However, experts ...

NICE's medical technologies advisory committee considered evidence on virtual ward platform technologies for acute respiratory infections (ARIs) from several sources, including an assessment report by ...

A new virtual ward to safely treat atrial fibrillation patients could prevent thousands of hospital admissions per year, easing NHS pressure, according to new research from the University of Leicester ...

A new virtual ward to safely treat atrial fibrillation patients could prevent thousands of hospital admissions per year, easing NHS pressure, according to new research from the University of Leicester ...

Patients with frailty, acute respiratory infections and heart failure can be treated on virtual wards, also known as hospitals at home. More than 8,500 patients in England were being treated on ...