So what needs to change . Ive been meeting doctors and nurses rethinking healthcare, picking problems up early. Weve essentially done 20 consultations in one here. The more people get a chance to come here, the better. And using new technology to take the hospital into the home. So, can the nhs be fixed . Were not replacing the hospital. This isnt about the death of a hospital, only about the rebirth of the hospital. Hello, mrs east . 93 year old Elizabeth East is being assessed at Thejohn Radcliffe in oxford. How are you doing . Like many hospitals across the country, it has been pushed to its limit. Good morning. Hello. How are you feeling today . Elizabeth fell at her care home and has a broken arm. Shes already spent nearly five hours in the Emergency Department. Now, she is being assessed on a Special Unit Run by drjordan bowen. Youve had a long night. You must be very sleepy. When admitted to a hospital ward, frail, older patients stay for an average of ten days. How about are yo
she s already spent nearly five hours in the emergency department. now, she is being assessed on a special unit run by drjordan bowen. you ve had a long night. you must be very sleepy. when admitted to a hospital ward, frail, older patients stay for an average of ten days. how about are you feeling cold, are you? yes. all right. and this is not a good place for a person like elizabeth who is also living with dementia. it is trying to normalise her environment, which we simply can t do in a hospital, which is why already, my intent is to do as much as i can within her own familiar environment, in her own care home. this assessment unit aims to get people who arrive as emergencies home the same day. what we try to do is intercept patients