A technologically advanced end of care service delivered by Bispham based Trinity Hospice & Palliative Care Services in conjunction Clifton Hospital, part of the Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has won a Nursing Times award.
Together, they implemented ‘Remote End of Life Care’, which allows them to contact patients in their own homes through tablets and video calls. Pilot campaigns initially ran at various nursing homes and Clifton Hospital itself over a 13 month period.
To date, the innovation has saved 800 hours of clinical time and £21,000 in costs, including travel expenses.
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