A demand–capacity mismatch between rehabilitation need and service provision as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic? Early clinical observations from a large teaching hospital in London

TY - JOUR

T1 - A demand–capacity mismatch between rehabilitation need and service provision as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic? Early clinical observations from a large teaching hospital in London

AU - Tahtis, Vassilios

AU - Wilson, Nicky

AU - Northfield, Frankie

AU - Cook, Donna

AU - Gregory, Kate

AU - Reilly, Charles C.

N1 - Funding Information: The authors would like to thank all therapy staff for their support with compiling the information for this evaluation. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2021/12

Y1 - 2021/12

N2 - In this short report the authors characterise inpatient bed occupancy and predicted rehabilitation need of patients cared for in two acute hospitals of a large London NHS Trust during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, including 394 people with confirmed COVID-19. Data were captured on a single day (17th April 2020) from the two Trust hospitals to inform discharge planning in line with national COVID-19 Hospital Discharge Service policy guidance. Our data suggests that the proportion of COVID-19 patients predicted to require rehabilitation upon hospital discharge may be greater than the estimates described in the national COVID-19 Hospital Discharge Service policy guidance; posing the question is there a demand–capacity mismatch between rehabilitation need and service provision as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic?

AB - In this short report the authors characterise inpatient bed occupancy and predicted rehabilitation need of patients cared for in two acute hospitals of a large London NHS Trust during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, including 394 people with confirmed COVID-19. Data were captured on a single day (17th April 2020) from the two Trust hospitals to inform discharge planning in line with national COVID-19 Hospital Discharge Service policy guidance. Our data suggests that the proportion of COVID-19 patients predicted to require rehabilitation upon hospital discharge may be greater than the estimates described in the national COVID-19 Hospital Discharge Service policy guidance; posing the question is there a demand–capacity mismatch between rehabilitation need and service provision as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic?

KW - COVID-19

KW - Infectious diseases

KW - Intensive care medicine

KW - Rehabilitation

KW - Respiratory infection

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85115643550&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.physio.2021.03.007

DO - 10.1016/j.physio.2021.03.007

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85115643550

SN - 0031-9406

VL - 113

SP - 153

EP - 159

JO - PHYSIOTHERAPY

JF - PHYSIOTHERAPY

ER -