Page 15 - Community Health magazine - issue 38

Let’s get

you home

We’re developing a new approach to rehabilitation and recovery
in our community hospitals to get you home sooner.

e know too often people end Our new stroke rehabilitation ward
up in a hospital bed when they in Margate is already leading the way,
Wdon’t need to be – or stay there helping people like Tony on our cover,
too long – which can impact on their get back to his home on the farm.
ability to regain their independence. Here, we’ll tell you more about our
Evidence shows you recover much plans to pilot a new way of our delivering
quicker if you get up, get dressed and rehab and recovery in two of our hospitals
keep moving as much as possible while this winter and how you can help us
in hospital – and get home quickly to develop our centres of excellence fit for
maintain and build your independence. the future…
Our ambition is to modernise our
approach by delivering seven-day therapy,
in fit-for-purpose buildings – with nursing,
therapy, doctors, pharmacy, social care
and voluntary sector partners working
as one team.

Improving stroke care
Our new stroke ward – which
opened in Margate in July – is
leading the way in providing
seven-day therapy. Read Tony’s
story on page 18.

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