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What does this mean for libraries?
Whilst this document will be implemented at a national level, there are some things libraries can do to support it including, providing evidence and knowledge around the main themes of reducing emergency admissions/data collection.
Date of publication: May 2018
Summary of driver:
Emergency admissions to hospitals continue to rise, despite the NHS’s efforts to reduce them. Statistics show that nearly 1.5 million people could have avoided emergency admissions in 2016–17 if hospitals, GPs, community services and social care had worked together more effectively.
Although NHS England and partners are making some progress in reducing the impact of emergency admissions for patients and hospitals, work still needs to be done around the impact on reducing the numbers of admissions that could have been avoided. Improved data collection would make NHS England aware if its efforts to reduce emergency admissions are helping or potentially harming patients.
The document concludes that NHS England needs to deliver on its five-year plan to move care into the community and out of hospitals.