Integrated care. Emergency ward zen.
Integrated working between primary and secondary care has enabled one acute and community trust to reduce its emergency admissions by 8 per cent over three years. This has enabled the closure of 18 medical beds in this year's contracting round, with savings of over 400,000 Pounds. GPs and consultants have undertaken a process of peer review to identify doctors with high admission rates or inappropriate use of admissions.
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Kidderminster Health Care trust.
D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017046:Cost Savings; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom