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Crisis response
Definition
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NHS England Intermediate Care Programme (based on NICE NG74)
What and where? - Community-based services provided to people in their own homes (or care homes) to people in a crisis situation needing urgent support. Usually short-term interventions lasting up to 48 hours.
Why? - Aims to avoid hospital admissions.
Who? - Delivered by multidisciplinary teams but most commonly by healthcare professionals.
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