Hospital at Home (12 May 2025)

In this episode of Clinical Conversations, Dr Aoife Duignan chats with Dr Claire Steel and Dr Shelagh O'Riordan about Hospital at Home.

They explore what Hospital at Home is, and the evidence base behind it, thinking through which patients may benefit from it. They also consider how technology can enable patients to receive care in their own homes and what a day in the life might look like. Finally they consider some top tips for becoming involved with Hospital at Home.

Dr Claire Steel is a consultant physician in older people’s medicine in NHS Lanarkshire. She is the President of the UK Hospital at Home Society and clinical lead for Hospital at Home in NHS Lanarkshire. She works closely with Healthcare Improvement Scotland to support the growth and development of H@H in Scotland.

Dr Shelagh O'Riordan is a consultant physician and lead for the Hospital at Home service in East Kent. She is President Elect of the UK Hospital at Home Society and National Clinical Lead for Hospital at Home/Virtual Wards for NHS England.

Dr Aoife Duignan is a geriatric medicine registrar in Edinburgh. She is also the Representation Co-Vice Chair for the RCPE Trainees and Members' Committee (T&MC).

Recording date: 16 April 2025

-- Useful links --
Hospital at Home Society Health Improvement Scotland Toolkit - https://www.ihub.scot/project-toolkits/hospital-at-home-toolkit/hospital-at-home-toolkit/
Hospital at Home RCT - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35129936/
PPL South East Region Virtual Wards Evaluation - https://ppl.org.uk/what-we-do/virtual-wards-consultancy/
Cochrane Review - https://www.cochrane.org/CD007491/EPOC_hospital-home-services-avoid-admission-hospital
UK Hospital at Home Society - https://www.hospitalathome.org.uk/
NHS England Virtual wards operational framework - https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/virtual-wards-operational-framework/

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