Ciara Harris

Background Hospital at home (HaH) replicates elements of hospital-based care in the community, to facilitate the safe management of a broad spectrum of acute illness in the patient’s usual environment. The extent to which this model of care has been adopted in the United Kingdom (UK) is unknown. Methods The Society for Acute Medicine Benchmarking Audit is a day of care survey undertaken annually within the UK.

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Background Alternatives to acute hospital admission are required to accommodate the increasing pressures on health services. Since physiotherapists and occupational therapists are integral to inpatient teams, they may also be integral to admission replacement services, and thus their roles in these services merit investigation. Aims Primarily to determine the presence and roles of physiotherapists and occupational therapists in services replacing acute hospital admission.