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Definition
of
Bed-based intermediate care
from
NHS England Intermediate Care Programme (based on NICE NG74)
Source
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).
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