CEO presents lessons learnt from setting up and managing virtual wards

Thought leadership Virtual ward 02nd Sep 2022

HomeLink Healthcare’s Chief Executive and Clinical Director Jill Ireland has been in demand recently and has presented at several events in the past month:

  • HSJ: Integrated care summit: Taking a system level view to address the elective backlog
  • Convenzis: NHS Virtual Wards: Managing demand and empowering patients
  • GovConnect: Defining Virtual Wards: How Virtual Wards can ease NHS backlog pressures and improve patient flow
  • NHS England: Virtual Wards Clinical Summit: Working across the system: Building partnerships and supporting collaboration in virtual ward services

Watch Jill in action at the GovConnect webinar:

“You did everything exceptionally and allowed me to leave hospital six weeks earlier than planned because of the service you provided.

THANK YOU!!”

Patient feedback

“I am so grateful to have been referred to HomeLink Healthcare, they have really helped me get back on my feet. If I had stayed in the hospital I would not have achieved everything I have done”

Patient feedback

“I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart, and let you know that the work you do makes a true difference to people’s lives and wellbeing.”

Dr Vassiliki Bravis Consultant, Imperial College London

“Exceptional, amazing service with highly qualified staff. I felt confident at all times that staff knew how to deal with my picc line and my four times-a-day antibiotics was made easier by such lovely caring and compassionate staff”

Patient feedback

“The visiting therapist took her time with me, was always providing encouragement and without that I wouldn’t be at the point I am today.”

Patient feedback

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