The unit will be wound down on a phased basis
The Whiteabbey Nightingale Enhanced Therapies and Rehabilitation Unit was first opened in November 2020 to provide a regional post-Covid step down service.
Funding was allocated by the Department of Health until the end of the financial year, and the Northern Trust said the unit has been "operating successfully as such," with evidence of "strong outcomes" and an average length of stay consistently below 14 days.However, the Trust said "reflecting wider budgetary pressures, no recurrent funding source has been identified beyond the end of March 2023.
“Community beds are a vital part of our patient journey in that they afford the opportunity for patients to avail of a period of assessment or rehabilitation in bed-based facilities to maximise their personal abilities, often following a period of acute hospitalisation.
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