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The war on the wards
— [bed blocking and emergency readmissions] | | Author(s) | Amy Taylor |
| Journal title | Community Care, issue 1703, 13 December 2007 |
| Pages | pp 26-28 |
| Source | http://www.communitycare.co.uk |
| Keywords | Delayed discharge ; Admission [hospitals] ; Health services ; Social Services Departments ; Interaction [welfare services]. |
| Annotation | The decline in bed blocking is encouraging, but emergency readmission rates continue to rise. This article considers the "power battles" that are taking place in many hospital wards, while citing a case study of social workers and matrons in Liverpool working together to try and reduce numbers of emergency re-admissions. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-071217207 A |
| Classmark | LD:QKM: LD:QKH: L: PF: QK6 * |
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