Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust’s ‘Onward Care Team’

The Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust’s ‘Onward Care Team’ – made up of social care staff, community nurses and discharge nurses worked alongside colleagues from Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust’s ward teams to ensure that patients are discharged from hospital in a timely and effective way. This approach also helped to reduce delays for people who needed to access urgent care in hospital.