Virtual wards and community staff played a key role in relieving hospital pressures, bosses say.
Community nurse Lucy Clement said her experience could help hospital colleagues discharge patients sooner
"I think that the new ways of working have been absolutely vital in turning this critical incident around sooner this year," she said."As soon as people come through the front door, we're assessing their needs and trying to turn them around, back into the community services much sooner." Julie Mackinnon, the trust's operational lead for admission avoidance, said the team also worked with patients who had been admitted to make sure beds were available "for the right people at the right time".
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