Spotlight Dataset 156: Virtual Ward
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Virtual Wards
Virtual wards (also known as hospital at home) allow patients to get the care they need at home safely and conveniently, rather than being in hospital. This includes either preventing avoidable hospital admissions or supporting people to safely leave hospital sooner.
Systems are asked to continue scaling-up virtual wards, growing capacity to over 10,000 beds, with a longer-term ambition of reaching 40-50 virtual ward ‘beds’ per 100,000 people, which would mean more than 50,000 admissions a month. This is outlined in the 2023/24 Priorities and Operational Planning Guidance and the Delivery Plan for Recovering Urgent and Emergency Care.
This video concentrates on Schema: Virtual_Ward
As at time of recording: 215 rows
Data back to: Jul 2023
Measures:
GP registered population aged 16 and over
Occupancy %
Patients in a Virtual Ward
Virtual Ward Capacity
Virtual Ward Capacity per 100,000 GP registered population aged 16 years and over