Care through the night

Skills for Health - Workforce Projects Team's Hospital at Night team has produced a publication that highlights the rewards of using the Hospital at Night multiprofessional team to provide care during the night.

The Benefits Realisation and Business Case details how implementing Hospital at Night can lead to increases in productivity and can have clinical and financial benefits.

The business case that is laid out in the report supports patient safety while enabling the NHS to deliver the 2009 requirements of the WTD. The report draws on the learning from a number of SHAs and trusts and discusses the potential benefits in the areas of:

• Clinical and Productivity - Improving the patient's experience, safety, length of stay, workforce productivity, improving working lives
• Finance - Impact of Length of Stay on Payment by Results, staffing costs.

The report will be of particular interest to trusts who are embarking on implementation or extension of the Hospital at Night concept. It will also support those trusts who want to benchmark some of the benefits associated with Hospital at Night.

Download a copy of the report >>>

For further information on the report please email hospitalatnight@skillsforhealth.org.uk