Hampshire County Council, GB pilots social worker consultations during emergency calls
Hampshire County Council, GB Social Worker Emergency Calls
The council and the South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) collaborated on the one-year pilot. A council social worker partnered with a SCAS 999 call dispatcher to find alternatives to hospital admissions in non-emergency situations. Emergency service personnel provided medical care as necessary before the social worker evaluated long-term service needs. The pilot diverted 580 cases from emergency rooms to social services in its first eight months.
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Unique trial between Hampshire County Council and South Central Ambulance Service showing very promising results | Hampshire County Council
A unique collaboration between the County Council’s adult social care team and the South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) is reducing the number of people in the south east of Hampshire being admitted to hospital unnecessarily – by more than 580 in the last eight months
Hospital admission numbers drop thanks to South Central Ambulance Service and social worker experiment in Hampshire | The News
HUNDREDS of people have avoided being admitted to hospital unnecessarily in the last eight months thanks to a new scheme.
Project Succeeded
The pilot's success in reducing hospitalizations led to a one-year extension.
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