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AN innovative scheme to get homeless people off the streets of Southampton after being discharged from hospital is being launched in a bid to save the cashstrapped NHS thousands of pounds.
Two Saints housing association has been awarded ?270,900 to get the pioneering scheme up and running with the aim of ending the vicious cycle that sees homeless people in and out of accident and emergency.
It is hoped the pilot will prove such a success in preventing bed blocking by those with nowhere to go, slash re-admission rates to an already under-pressure emergency department and boost the health of those in need, that it will become a permanent fixture in the city.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10708638.Homeless_patient_pilot_bid_to_halt_the_bed_blocking/
Two Saints housing association has been awarded ?270,900 to get the pioneering scheme up and running with the aim of ending the vicious cycle that sees homeless people in and out of accident and emergency.
It is hoped the pilot will prove such a success in preventing bed blocking by those with nowhere to go, slash re-admission rates to an already under-pressure emergency department and boost the health of those in need, that it will become a permanent fixture in the city.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10708638.Homeless_patient_pilot_bid_to_halt_the_bed_blocking/