Publish date: 15 April 2024
Winter plan evaluation
Data up to the end of March 2024, highlighted the positive and significant impact of Mersey Care’s Winter Plan. Overall, across our service delivery, more than 57,000 potential bed days have been saved, 26% more than originally planned.
Particular areas that have contributed to this year’s impressive results, include increased numbers of 2-hour urgent community response referrals compared to the previous year, and community mental health teams working alongside urgent care colleagues to reduce pressures within A&E departments.
Despite decreases in referrals to COVID related services such as nMABS, there has been significant increases in the numbers of patients managed via respiratory and heart failure Virtual Wards.
To put into context, the overall number of bed days saved is equivalent to 313 beds provided for within the community – 65 more than the original plan.
Once again, this year’s winter plan was supported by a successful communications and marketing campaign:
