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Hospital care

Hospitals remain core to the functioning of our health care system, even as care gradually gets moved closer to people's homes over time. The NHS has a wide spectrum of types and sizes of hospital, but many are overwhelmed with people needing treatment, so new thinking on ways to deal with demand in equitable ways is needed. 

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Latest work on this topic

Review of North Central London’s Start Well maternity and neonatal care reconfiguration proposals against the Mayor’s first four tests

Report
  • 15/03/2024
  • Sally Gainsbury | Camille Oung | Dr Elizabeth Fisher | Sophie Julian | Emma Dodsworth

Patient-initiated follow-up: does it work, why it matters, and can it help the NHS recover?

Explainer
  • 25/01/2024
  • Sarah Reed | Nadia Crellin

Chain reaction? Understanding the causes of backlogs through urgent and emergency care

Long read
  • 19/10/2023
  • Jessica Morris | Cyril Lobont

Key work on this topic

Overlooked, but not overcome: smaller hospitals and the staff response to the Covid-19 pandemic

Report
  • 09/12/2022
  • Louella Vaughan | Claudia Leone

Patient-initiated follow-up: will it free up capacity in outpatient care?

Report
  • 04/08/2022
  • Sarah Reed | Nadia Crellin

Should emergency departments move patients to other wards even when there's no bed space available?

Blog post
  • 14/10/2022
  • Louella Vaughan

Maternity services in smaller hospitals: a call to action

Report
  • 25/08/2020
  • Nigel Edwards | Louella Vaughan | Dr Billy Palmer

How long do Covid-19 patients spend in hospital?

Chart of the week
  • 01/02/2023
  • Cyril Lobont | Eilís Keeble

It’s not just about the front door of the hospital: lessons from the medical generalism in smaller hospitals study

Blog post
  • 05/08/2021
  • Louella Vaughan