A World War II veteran made it home in time for Remembrance Day when he became the first patient at Nottingham's hospitals to be discharged under a new plan to ease pressure on hospital beds. RAF veteran Caird, whose surname has not been given, was admitted to the Queen’s Medical Centre after having a fall and developing hypothermia.
Nursed back to health, he was medically fit to be discharged but without the Hospital at Home initiative would have had to have remained in hospital until a care package was drawn up. Under Hospital at Home, Caird will now receive two one-hour care visits a day from NUH staff to help his return home.
It meant Caird was able to return home in time to observe a minute's silence on Remembrance Day. “Patients are desperate to go home,” said Bev Brady, lead nurse in clinical care. “We know people recover better when they are in their own environment and this allows them to do so while remaining under our care.”
