top of page
Performance issue: If clicking on a link doesn't do anything, press F5 to refresh the page
Bed-based intermediate care
Definition
From:
NHS England Intermediate Care Programme (based on NICE NG74)
What and where? - Acute or community-based services that provide assessment and interventions to people in bed-based settings. For most people interventions last up to 6 weeks.
Why? - Aims to prevent unnecessary admissions to acute hospitals and premature admissions to long-term care, and to support timely discharge from hospital.
Who? - Delivered by multidisciplinary teams but most commonly by healthcare professionals or care staff (in care homes).
If a flag appears next to this message, click on it to see others' comments about this definition
Further information:
bottom of page