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Virtual Ward
Just wondering if there is anybody else making use of this scheme on here. When I was discharged from hospital back in December, I was discharged to the Virtual Ward, its a step forward from the Community Matrons which helped me out for a few years, the principal is the same. If my health does a nose dive, I can ring a number anytime of day and night and a front line nurse will come round to check me out, the idea is that your treated at home as opposed to going into hospital, the nurses work in conjunction with you GP and are able to prescribe certain medications antibiotics steroids etc. I called them yesterday because my chest is playing up a bit, I just hope I can stave of the three 999s trip to the Royal
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