GSF Acute Hospitals

Building on the success of the primary care and care homes programmes, the National GSF Centre has developed an adapted programme for acute hospitals based on the same principles, toolkit and resources. We've been running a pilot programme involving 16 hospitals (including 3 outpatient units) and the early signs are very encouraging with a report, which will be available here, due end 2010.

Aims of the GSF Acute Hospital Programme:

1. To improve the quality of care for all people receiving hospital care in the final year of life
2. To improve the cross boundary coordination of care for these patients, before, during and after hospital admissions
3. To reduce hospitalisation by reducing length of stay, rapid discharge and admission avoidance thereby reducing costs and improving cost effectiveness

What do you need to do to get involved?

• Senior Manager approval
• Board approval agreed
• Access to training venue and time
• Evaluation feedback
• Agreement to share findings, reflections and attend meetings
• Payment according to local requirement

Next steps

• Confirm interest by completing the Expressions of Interest Form
• Complete the Registration Form
• Confirm senior support
• Confirm which ward
• Discuss with GSF team
• Costs

Please contact the GSF Centre for more details on 01743 291891

The introduction to the Acute Hospitals Training Programme.