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Originally Posted by denphone
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Very sad.
Conversely, great article in today's FT headed "Dorset experiment breaks down NHS silos to improve care". It explains how Dorset (one of ten NHS-designated Integrated Care Systems in England) hopes it will prove part of the solution to sustaining the service’s free-at-the point-of-delivery model.
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Dorset was allocated an additional £100m in capital investment by NHS England last year to bring its plans to fruition. But, it is unclear whether the ICS approach can really deliver substantial savings, as opposed to “bending the curve” by limiting future rises in expenditure.
At Poole hospital, staff employed by the health service and local councils work together in a bright, open-plan room to sort out care packages that will allow people to leave the wards. This cross-boundary approach has helped to halve the trust’s “delayed discharge” rate to below the NHS’s target.
Partly as a result, an entire 20-bed ward has been closed. But much of the money released has been reinvested into extra staff, such as consultants and nurse practitioners, rather than being banked as a saving.
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https://www.ft.com/content/ee50b4bc-...e-cc62a39d57a0