Virtual wards, also known as hospital at home, provide hospital-level care to people in their own homes or community settings. Our work is referenced in the latest POSTnote from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology: ths.im/44NEdDI

Research has found that privatisation of health services reduces quality of care.

@franbaum.bsky.social‬ and colleagues look at how the concept of "enshittification" applies to health services and their decline with privatisation
www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Had an excellent time at the World Hospital at Home Congress last week, from treating dengue to delirium it was incredible to hear all the ways hospital care can be transferred in to the community #HospitalatHome #WHAHC2025

Looking forward to adding this to my podcast listening list!

Our latest report explores the key differences between frailty virtual wards and the challenges they face in practice. Find out more here: ths.im/3QaAZll

Why is using remote monitoring technology in virtual wards caring for people with frailty so hard? This paper offers some answers.

THIS summary: https://ths.im/4hpXRZy
Full paper: https://ths.im/4hp0oTM

As we move from hospital to community and analogue to digital, our latest paper highlights several challenges with implementing remote monitoring in to frailty virtual wards (Hospital at Home). Learning from these challenges will be essential to ensure remote monitoring works for all.

Excellent morning of talks at THIS Space 2024- well done everyone and looking forward to more in the afternoon! @thisinstitute.bsky.social #patientsafety #healthcareimprovement

Having recently moved to Bluesky in the hope that it would present a more positive corner of the internet, I can confirm there are more cats here. I am not sure why I am seeing so many cats, but it is making me nostalgic for the days when social media was predominantly a cat-video sharing platform