Service reconfiguration in the department of hand surgery during the UK COVID-19 lockdown: Birmingham experience.
Postgrad Med J
; 97(1150): 532-538, 2021 Aug.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1052328
ABSTRACT
In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the UK and had a major impact on healthcare services. The Birmingham hand centre, one of the largest hand trauma units in the country, underwent a dramatic service reconfiguration to enable robust and safe provision of care that would withstand the peak of the pandemic. Streamlining our service significantly reduced patient footfall and hospital admission while preventing intra-hospital viral transmission. Many of the changes implemented have been kept as permanent adjustments to our practice as this new model of care yields higher patient satisfaction and efficacy to withstand the pressures of further peaks in the pandemic.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Orthopedics
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COVID-19
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Hospital Units
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Postgrad Med J
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Postgradmedj-2020-139280
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