Thread by @mancunianmedic, Here is @gerisoc resource on managing Covid-19 pandemic in care homeshttps://www.bgs.org.uk/resources/covid-19-managing-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-care-homes https://twitter.com/mancunianmedic/status/1253929796351995904 [...]

Here is @gerisoc resource on managing Covid-19 pandemic in care homes
https://www.bgs.org.uk/resources/covid-19-managing-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-care-homes https://twitter.com/mancunianmedic/status/1253929796351995904

and updated 2013 @gerisoc @rcgp guide on commissioning healthcare for care home residents, which was influential in 5 year view and vanguards
https://www.bgs.org.uk/resources/effective-healthcare-for-older-people-living-in-care-homes

and @NuffieldTrust evaluation of enhanced care home support initiative https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/transforming-health-care-in-nursing-homes-an-evaluation-of-a-dedicated-primary-care-service-in-outer-east-london#impact-on-use-of-hospital-services

Transforming health care in nursing homes: An evaluation of a dedicated primary care service in...

The study indicates that providing residents of care homes with increased GP access and continuity of primary care more generally may help to reduce hospital admissions.

https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/transforming-health-care-in-nursing-homes-an-evaluation-of-a-dedicated-primary-care-service-in-outer-east-london#impact-on-use-of-hospital-services

and short overview with references of some of challenges and evidence re supporting residents to stay out of hospital and receive care and care planning in situ https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l6149

David Oliver: Reducing emergency admissions from care homes

The Health Foundation recently published a report on emergency hospital admissions from care homes.1 The analysis, coproduced with NHS England, found that 41% were for “potentially avoidable condit...

https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l6149

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