10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BED-BLOCKING»
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bed-blocking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bed-blocking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hospital Discharge: Integrating Health and Social Care
A note on terminology Often, accounts of hospital discharge refer to the problem
of 'bed blocking' as a shorthand term for people (often older people) who are felt
to be occupying a hospital bed when they no longer need the services provided ...
Delayed discharge bed blocking a This diversity was also meant to provide the
solution to the complex pejorative term for problem of what is commonly referred
to as bed blocking. However, because this term is associated with placing the ...
Elaine Denny, Sarah Earle, 2005
3
Community Care and Older People
It is therefore very easy to assume that the issue of 'bed blocking' is new and has
arisen because of the very recent changes in the health and social care systems.
Under the current system social service departments are responsible for ...
Christina R. Victor, 1997
4
Handbook of Healthcare System Scheduling
9.9 Different types of networks in healthcare 9.3.1.1 Facility Location and Bed-
Blocking Problems One of the earliest developments in this area is given in Blair
and Lawrence (1981), where a network of M=M=s=s queues is combined with an
...
5
Social Policy in the Smaller European Union States
In an era of tighter budget constraints, this division of responsibility gave cash-
strapped municipalities incentives to delay moving elderly patients out of costly
hospital care thus shifting the costs onto the counties (50 called "bed blocking”).
Gary B. Cohen, Ben W. Ansell, Robert Henry Cox, 2011
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Geronticide: Killing the Elderly
Shipman might fit into the mould noted in the political economy chapter and later
reinforced by the practice of 'bed-blocking'. He is quoted as telling one Pamela
Turner (whose mother he subsequently killed) 'the old are a drain on the health ...
7
Essential Public Affairs for Journalists
No costs have yet been agreed. The 'reablement' service provides home visits to
help people who have suffered an illness or injury with tasks like getting out of
bed. Oxfordshire has consistently recorded the worst results for bed-blocking in ...
8
Best-Laid Plans: Health Care's Problems and Prospects
This is enough to open forty new chronic care beds, or to reopen some of the
acute care beds, or some combination of the two. In either case, more patients
are being treated than before for the same overall cost. So why does bed
blocking ...
Lawrie McFarlane, Carlos Prado, 2002
When the nursing staff were discussing ways to resolve her problem they
mentioned 'bed blocking' and 'winter pressures'. What were they talking about? It
is difficult for everyone when someone is fit enough to be discharged but cannot
cope ...
Stefan Cembrowicz, Theresa Allain, 2007
10
Intelligent Patient Management
The waiting list has gone, bed blocking and bed borrowing have ceased. But
beware unexpected consequences, for the need has not gone, it is just being
solved in different ways. If medical beds, closed on warm summer days, are not ...
Sally McClean, Peter Millard, Elia El-Darzi, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BED-BLOCKING»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
bed-blocking is used in the context of the following news items.
Confusion over metro question
... eventually see councils and the NHS merging so care for the elderly doesn't create overloaded A&E departments and bed-blocking patients. «shropshirestar.com, Jul 15»
Walsall Manor Hospital to spend £750k to reduce bed-blocking
Up to £750,000 will be spent at Walsall Manor Hospital to reduce bed-blocking and offer specialist care for hundreds of extra elderly patients. «expressandstar.com, Jun 15»
Elderly care shortages cost NHS £669 million as toll of bed-blocking …
Analysis by Age UK concluded that the NHS lost 2.4 million bed days as a result of so-called “bed-blocking” because of a lack of care and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
St Albans patients' group raises hospital bed-blocking concerns
The problem of bed-blocking by patients has been raised at a meeting about local NHS services and the future of St Albans City Hospital. «Herts Advertiser, Jun 15»
Bed-blocking crisis at hospital A&E
Because the hospital is so busy, even just a few bed-blocking patients can have an impact. The hospital is also dealing with a high number of ... «The Argus, Jun 15»
Bed blocking crisis for NHS over elderly
THE NHS is “in danger of being overwhelmed” as hospital bed-blocking by elderly patients hits record levels. By Caroline Wheeler. «Express.co.uk, May 15»
Oxfordshire remains one of worst places for bed-blocking in the …
First published Friday 24 April 2015 in News · Oxford Mail: Photograph of the Author by Alex Regan, Reporter covering Headington and Marston. Call me on ... «Oxford Mail, Apr 15»
Bed-blocking levels on acute wards hit almost five-year high, new …
But the Welsh Government says it has made great strides to lower bed blocking numbers. In February 2005, 764 patients were experiencing ... «WalesOnline, Mar 15»
NHS feels the strain as hospital bed-blocking by elderly patients hits …
Bed-blocking is causing a huge strain on the NHS, with more than one million hospital bed days lost because of delayed discharges in the past ... «The Independent, Mar 15»
Bed-blocking levels for acute hospital wards hit two-year high, new …
New Welsh Government figures show that 179 patients experienced a delayed transfer of care, commonly known as “bed blocking”, on acute ... «WalesOnline, Feb 15»
