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Virtual wards and hospital pressures
Paediatric “virtual wards” were reducing admissions well before the pandemic
BMJ 2022; 378 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o1856 (Published 25 July 2022) Cite this as: BMJ 2022;378:o1856
- Ashley Reece, consultant paediatrician and director of medical education
- West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Watford General Hospital, Watford, UK
- ashley.reece{at}doctors.org.uk
Best’s article on using virtual wards to ease hospital pressures1 resonated with me because in paediatrics we have been doing this for over 25 years.2 Much of our paediatric practice could map nicely to adult care; the adage that children are little adults is untrue, but the reverse—adults being big children—holds some truth, …
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