Defining Virtual Wards: How Virtual Wards Can Ease NHS Backlog Pressures And Improve Patient Flow

(Replay)
22nd November 2022
1pm - 2pm
NHS England & Improvement has asked all Integrated Care Systems to
extend, or introduce for the first time, the Virtual Ward model. The
guidance starts a two-year funded transformation programme to support
the development of Virtual Wards, including Hospital at Home.
In this free webinar our expert panel will discuss how Virtual Wards can
support elective recovery and improve patient flow during the critical
Winter period. Our panel will also focus on the practicalities of setting up,
rolling out and managing Virtual Wards across multiple treatments and
care pathways.
Headline discussion points:
∙ NHS pressures: where virtual wards fit in and current initiatives
∙Real life learning from setting up, rolling out and managing virtual wards
∙Impact of virtual wards on the healthcare system
What attendees will learn:
∙ What is a virtual ward and what needs to be in place to make virtual wards work.
∙ Innovation and initiatives that have been used previously to support delivery.
∙ How virtual wards can be rolled out across a system and new treatments/pathways introduced within a virtual ward.

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