3. Find Capacity Searching for Spare Bed Capacity Any user (other than other Care Home providers) can search the system for spare bed capacity. Clink the link in the Top menu bar then Capacity’ from the drop-down menu. ‘Find’ ‘Find Alternatively, you can go to the Home page and select the Capacity’ Tile ‘Find You will be presented with the screen below Follow the steps below to search: Select the search type can be based on Postcode (possibly use your care home postcode or the patient’s home postcode) Local Authority CCG Enter the Postcode you want the search to be based on. This could be the hospital postcode, the patient’s home postcode or perhaps their relative’s postcode. Select the required Service and/or Bed Type. Choose the funding sources you can provide. Choose overall CQC Rating if you want to. Enter a Maximum Price per Week. Select any specific language requests. Only languages that are offered by Care Homes will be listed in the drop-down. Select Care Homes’ ‘Find You will be presented with the list of organisations with spare bed capacity that meets your search criteria. The results will be sorted by distance (as the crow flies) from the postcode you entered in your search, similar to the screen below. The current CQC Overall rating for the Care Home will also be displayed. For each care home that appears in your search results you can quickly access several key pieces of information using the relevant links. This is designed to avoid having to call care
3. Find Capacity Searching for Spare Bed Capacity Any user (other than other Care Home providers) can search the system for spare bed capacity. Clink the ‘Find’ link in the Top menu bar then ‘Find Capacity’ from the drop-down menu. Alternatively, you can go to the Home page and select the ‘Find Capacity’ Tile You will be presented with the screen below Follow the steps below to search: Select the search type can be based on Postcode (possibly use your care home postcode or the patient’s home postcode) Local Authority CCG Enter the Postcode you want the search to be based on. This could be the hospital postcode, the patient’s home postcode or perhaps their relative’s postcode. Select the required Service and/or Bed Type. Choose the funding sources you can provide. Choose overall CQC Rating if you want to. Enter a Maximum Price per Week. Select any specific language requests. Only languages that are offered by Care Homes will be listed in the drop-down. Select ‘Find Care Homes’ You will be presented with the list of organisations with spare bed capacity that meets your search criteria. The results will be sorted by distance (as the crow flies) from the postcode you entered in your search, similar to the screen below. The current CQC Overall rating for the Care Home will also be displayed. For each care home that appears in your search results you can quickly access several key pieces of information using the relevant links. This is designed to avoid having to call care
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