It all began with a question. It was the early 2000s, and Dr. Geraint Lewis had just started his specialist training at Croydon NHS Primary Care Trust as a public health registrar. The Department of ...

Patients are “generally positive” about the care pathways formerly known as virtual wards but say there are issues of accountability gaps, a digital divide, and cliff edges around discharge back to ...

An economic analysis of the NHS flagship 'virtual wards' programme found it reduced lengths of stay but rates of readmission were higher, and the cost per day of virtual ward care was almost double ...

NHS is working with Theresa Prior to see how her initiative can be replicated elsewhere ...

When Raymond from Salford was diagnosed with heart failure, he faced an extended hospital stay until NHS Greater Manchester’s virtual ward allowed him to continue his care safely at home. He received ...

The NHS could roll out more virtual wards to treat flu and Covid patients this winter, after the treatments watchdog gave the green light to the plan. The NHS at 75: can it make it to 100? Rishi Sunak ...

Young people on mental heath wards have been restrained and secluded too often, a watchdog has found. The Care Quality ...