£141,140 Frailty Support Workers Q4: WARD 1: Overall LOS for the year has Q4 £138,715.71 Reduced Length of Stay (Progressive Care) reduced on the ward by 0.5 days equating Decreased requirement for (Carmarthenshire) to a saving of £90,000. This data is for the commissioned care whole ward, and therefore the reduction is Number of patients transferred to despite the ward (of 24) only having an rehabilitation average of 10 patients on the frailty Patient body weight during programme at any one time. admission Improved communication with local care Additional calories provided homes with reduced need of managers to Additional protein provided re-review patients may equate to a saving Patient and relative feedback of approximately £45,000 if all care homes are included (currently LA care facilities and Hafan y Coed). Nutritional data to follow from dietetics team. Median frailty scores improved by 1 point from admission to discharge. WARD 3: LOS data unavailable at present as too early but nutritional data to follow. Patient feedback particularly strong with patients referencing the nutritional rounds and visible improvements in both weight and mobility. Several thank-you letters and one you letter in local press. £200,000 Continuing Care Team This additional resource will support our Q4: Through strengthening the current in Q4: £200,000.00 Slippage scheme. (CCT) (Carmarthenshire) existing teams to focus on 1:1 support house continuing Care team this has for patient with complex long term allowed for role redesign e.g. development healthcare needs of generic workers, efficient transfers of care for acute to the community to support the patients and their carers within the locality. This has facilitated early discharge and avoided longer tem placements resulting in
£141,140 Frailty Support Workers (Progressive Care) (Carmarthenshire) Reduced Length of Stay Decreased requirement for commissioned care Number of patients transferred to rehabilitation Patient body weight during admission Additional calories provided Additional protein provided Patient and relative feedback Q4: WARD 1: Overall LOS for the year has reduced on the ward by 0.5 days equating to a saving of £90,000. This data is for the whole ward, and therefore the reduction is despite the ward (of 24) only having an average of 10 patients on the frailty programme at any one time. Improved communication with local care homes with reduced need of managers to re-review patients may equate to a saving of approximately £45,000 if all care homes are included (currently LA care facilities and Hafan y Coed). Nutritional data to follow from dietetics team. Median frailty scores improved by 1 point from admission to discharge. WARD 3: LOS data unavailable at present as too early but nutritional data to follow. Patient feedback particularly strong with patients referencing the nutritional rounds and visible improvements in both weight and mobility. Several thank-you letters and one letter in local press. Q4 £138,715.71 £200,000 Continuing Care Team (CCT) (Carmarthenshire) This additional resource will support our existing teams to focus on 1:1 support for patient with complex long term healthcare needs Q4: Through strengthening the current in house continuing Care team this has allowed for role redesign e.g. development of generic workers, efficient transfers of care for acute to the community to support the patients and their carers within the locality. This has facilitated early discharge and avoided longer tem placements resulting in Q4: £200,000.00 Slippage scheme. you