Speaker
Niall Keenan, Consultant Cardiologist and Associate Medical Director, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Clinical Advisory Group Chair, Virtual Wards, NHS England, East of England
National Steering Group Member, Virtual Wards, NHS England
Learning objectives
- To understand the role of virtual wards and general principles around this type of care.
- To appreciate how virtual wards have resulted in improved patient care and why they are needed to tackle the rising challenges around in-patient care in many hospitals.
- To develop an understanding of the type of patient that can benefit most from virtual wards and the subsequent cost savings to the NHS.
