Margaret Mullane MP has been informed of the below NHS offer for residents over the winter. Margaret strongly encourages all to share this information to anyone this may be helpful for.
Please see below for some of the support offers from the NHS.
Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC): strengthening SDEC services to provide care for a minimum of 12 hours per day, 7 days a week.
· SDEC allows healthcare specialists to assess, diagnose and treat patients on the same day of arrival who would otherwise have been admitted to hospital.
Winter vaccines: alongside the winter flu and COVID-19 programmes, the RSV vaccine is being offered for the first time during pregnancy and for adults aged 75 to 79.
· The groups that will be offered the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccine include:
Pregnant women (can get the vaccine from 28 weeks). They should speak to their maternity service or GP surgery to get their vaccine from 28 weeks.
All adults turning 75 years old on or after 1 September 2024.
People can book in via the NHS website, the NHS App, or by calling 119 for free.
The flu vaccine can also be booked by searching online for a local pharmacy and there are walk in sites available to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
People eligible for the flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this winter include:
Those aged 65 and over
Pregnant women
Older adult care
Home residents
Frontline health and care workers
Front door assessments: patients will be assessed at the front door of A&E so they can then be directed to the most appropriate place to get care.
Care Transfer Hubs: ensuring all care transfer hubs are operating effectively as they connect with community partners to speed up discharge of patients.
Virtual wards: increasing utilisation of virtual ward capacity to provide care for more people in their homes.
· The virtual wards programme allows clinicians to monitor patients remotely while they recover in their own home. This initiative has scaled up across the country to include a range of health conditions including frailty, heart failure, and acute respiratory infections.
Urgent Community Response: appropriately assessing all patients who would benefit from urgent community care to avoid unnecessary transfer to hospital.
Smarter use of data: upgraded live data centres are creating a consistent and coordinated system for health and care professionals to access when referring patients for emergency care.
Acute Respiratory Infection Hubs: providing same day urgent assessment for people experiencing respiratory conditions such as covid, flu, and RSV.
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