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Home and away — Home from Hospital and the British Red Cross progress and prospects [summary]
Corporate Author	Nuffield Institute for Health; British Red Cross
Publisher	British Red Cross, London, 2003
Pages	7 pp (Ref: 1520)
Source	British Red Cross, UK Office, 9 Grosvenor Crescent, London SW1X 7EJ. www.redcross.org.uk
Keywords	Aftercare ; British Red Cross ; Discharge [hospitals] ; Evaluation.
Annotation	The British Red Cross Home from Hospital service equips volunteers to provide practical and emotional support to people following their discharge from hospital. This summary outlines research commissioned by the British Red Cross and undertaken by Melanie Henwood and Eileen Waddington of the Nuffield Institute for Health. It examines how Home from Hospital schemes run by the British Red Cross meet and match intermediate care policy's objectives. It suggests that such schemes are addressing needs, and have the potential to develop work that prevents hospital admissions and improves health generally. The full report, "Home and away: Home from Hospital and the British Red Cross: progress and prospects", is published by the British Red Cross. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040107214 P
Classmark	LN: PYBR: LD:QKJ: 4C *
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