"This is an outstanding service"

Letter received from wife of patient from Limavady area

Dear Dr Todd,

Yet again we are indebted to the tremendous support and professional input of the Acute Care at Home service for Older People.  Due to this very effective way of freeing up beds in hospital, my husband was able to be treated at home in December 2022 with great success.  This hospital ward at home service was invaluable while he was so ill.

I especially want to commend the sensitive and honest conversations Dr Todd, Dr Khan and nurse Donall had with me as they assessed and treated my husband's critical condition.  Thankfully because of Acute Care intervention, he is now restored to the level of health that he had before this last acute infection. 

The physiotherapist's input was also very helpful and her follow up phone call after discharge was really appreciated and summed up the excellent care and support of the whole Acute Care team.

This is an outstanding service which meets the present demand to keep hospital beds free by providing this excellent service in the community-surely one way to alleviate the present bed crisis is to expand this service.  Yours sincerely