Hannah Martin, Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) My role as an ACP involves leading my team in all clinical aspects of patient care. This includes completing senior reviews of complex or acutely unwell patients, providing on-call support to all staff and up-skilling staff through clinical supervision, competencies and training. In order to be successful in my […]

Our team of occupational therapists, physiotherapists and nurses, the Rapid Emergency Assessment Care Team (REACT), works with emergency staff at the Bristol Royal Infirmary  to support patients to go home instead of being admitted to hospital. By Amy Holgate There is a traffic jam in the bustling corridor of the Emergency Department at the Bristol […]

This issue, we’re shining a spotlight on a service that has recently undergone some big changes. Two teams have combined to create a safer and stronger service for patients. REACT stands for ‘Rapid Emergency Assessment Care Team’ and it aims to prevent people coming to hospital unnecessarily, and also supports patients to get home quickly after a hospital […]

We’ve launched a range of new services to support you as winter approaches. These services will help patients who go into hospital to get home again more quickly, by offering them support and appropriate ongoing healthcare in the community. As winter approaches, we’ve been preparing our services for this inevitably busy time of year. As […]