Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Every elderly patient will have their own NHS worker responsible for both their health and care needs, the government will announce today.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said dedicated ?case managers? would oversee support for all medical needs, in a bid to ease pressure on under-strain A&E departments.
The move would see one health professional would track patients as they moved between hospitals, GP surgeries, care homes and their own houses.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...are-help-guide-NHS-ease-pressure-A-amp-E.html
I wonder how he's planning to pay for it?
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said dedicated ?case managers? would oversee support for all medical needs, in a bid to ease pressure on under-strain A&E departments.
The move would see one health professional would track patients as they moved between hospitals, GP surgeries, care homes and their own houses.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...are-help-guide-NHS-ease-pressure-A-amp-E.html
I wonder how he's planning to pay for it?
