FOI_6583

Internal Reference Number: FOI_6583

Date Request Received: 11/05/2022 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 01/06/2022 00:00:00

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Request Summary: The status of tech-enabled virtual wards

Request Category: Private Individuals


Question Number 1: The status of tech-enabled virtual wards within your Trust Has your Trust published its plans for the rollout of tech-enabled virtual wards? Does this include plans for frailty?

Answer To Question 1: The trust has not published its plans for tech enabled virtual wards

Question Number 2: Has your Trust identified a tech provider/ supplier for the delivery of a frailty virtual ward? If so, who?

Answer To Question 2: A provider has not been identified

Question Number 3: Do you have phased targets between now (May 2022) and December 2023 to ensure you reach the national ambition of 40-50 per 100,000? If so, what are they?

Answer To Question 3: Unable to provide an answer at the current time

Question Number 4: What is your Trust's current average length of time between being deemed medically fit for discharge and discharge occurring for patients aged 65 and over?

Answer To Question 4: Trust is unable to provide this information.

Question Number 5: What assessment, if any, have you made of the cost savings of utilising tech-enabled virtual wards for frailty?

Answer To Question 5: No assessment has been made at the current time

Question Number 6: Who is the clinical lead for your frailty virtual ward?

Answer To Question 6: We do not have a clinical lead as no virtual frailty wards are in use

Question Number 7: How do you plan to integrate with social care and local authorities for the delivery of frailty virtual wards?

Answer To Question 7: No plans currently in place

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