Healthcare in Coventry and Warwickshire is set to be overhauled in a bid to save £267 million in the next five years.
Having been shrouded in secret talks for months, the region’s Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) released today has revealed savings will have to be made at University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW), Nuneaton’s George Eliot Hospital (GEH), as well as across mental health provision and community services.
Under the new plans, patients admitted to hospital will be sent home early “even if they have not yet fully recovered” in order to receive care at home and relieve pressure on hospital A&E departments and wards.
Pregnant women will be encouraged to have home births with the support of newly established and expanded community hubs.
People will also be given better support to enable them to die at home rather than in hospital.
Full story The Coventry Observer 6 December 2016