Remodelling elective hospital services in the COVID-19 era – designing the new normal
Lamin A King and Sandeep S Hothi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/fhj.2020-0079
Future Healthc J July 2020 Lamin A King
ADorset County Hospital, Dorchester, UK;
Roles: consultant in acute medicine
Sandeep S Hothi
BThe Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK
Roles: consultant cardiologist
ABSTRACT
The provision of elective clinical services has decreased during the initial phase of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to enable hospitals to focus on acute illness. Any end to the pandemic through widespread vaccination, effective treatment or development of herd immunity may be years away. Until then, hospitals will need to resume treating other diseases while also attempting to eradicate transmission of COVID-19 within the healthcare setting. In this article we suggest six major themes which could affect the design and delivery of elective clinical services: hospital avoidance, separation of high- and low-risk groups, screening, maintenance of adequate infection control, and new ways of working.
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Remodelling elective hospital services in the COVID-19 era – designing the new normal
Lamin A King, Sandeep S Hothi
Future Healthc J Jul 2020, fhj.2020-0079; DOI: 10.7861/fhj.2020-0079
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