How doctors are spotting problems early and offering treatments at home - BBC Panorama.
"The biggest thing is trying to explain to someone who is feeling unwell, why it is OK for them to be at home feeling unwell," says Dr Jordan Bowen.Dr Bowen says many patients, particularly those who are older, will get better quicker in an environment they know.He runs a unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford that tries to get people, who arrive as emergencies, home the same day safely.Many hospitals have similar units - but here, they are going a step further.
He turns to Prof Dan Lasserson, who is standing beside him. "Could we get you and the hospital-at-home team to go out?" he asks. He plugs a small ultrasound scanner into his mobile phone - and scans Ted's heart, lungs and kidneys. Black and white images on the screen show a build-up of fluid around his internal organs.
Nationally, the NHS is rolling out an initiative called "virtual wards". Technology is used to monitor patients, who need more routine care at home. They are visited if needed. The NHS says last month more than 10,000 patients were cared for in this way, easing pressure and reducing demand on hospitals.In Ted's case, a nurse or paramedic will visit him each day at home - but, as he is not in hospital, the help he needs with day-to-day tasks falls to his family.
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