Home for lunch: toolkit

This winter our local hospitals across Cambridgeshire & Peterborough are calling on family and friends to help get their loved ones home for lunch.

Ensuring people are discharged from hospital when they are medically fit to leave, means we can better support people coming into hospital with urgent and emergency health needs. 

Family, friends, and carers can play a key role in supporting those who are medically ready to leave hospital by ensuring by being available to collect them on their discharge day and ensuring their home is clean and safe for them to return to.

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We aim to discharge patients before lunchtime – not only does this benefit the patient but reduces pressures on our hospitals.

Help us get them home by being available to collect them on their discharge day and ensuring their home is clean and safe for them to return to.

 

Home so I can help others. Delays in collecting friends and family can result in delays across our entire hospital system - making it harder for us to treat those who need us most. So, when they are ready to come home, make sure you are ready too.

Home so I can help others. Delays in collecting friends and family can result in delays across our entire hospital system - making it harder for us to treat those who need us most. So, when they are ready to come home, make sure you are ready too.

Home is best. Staying in a hospital bed longer than needed can have a negative impact on your mental & physical wellbeing.

Help us get you home sooner by ensuring a friend or family member will be available to collect you … so we can get you Home for Lunch.

Home for my health. Home is the best place to recover. Staying in a hospital bed longer than you need has a significant negative impact on your mental and physical health. So, when they are ready to come home, make sure you are too.

Home for my health. Home is the best place to recover. Staying in a hospital bed longer than you need has a significant negative impact on your mental and physical health. So, when they are ready to come home, make sure you are too.

 

When you do get the call to say your loved one is ready to come home from hospital, please make sure you are ready to collect them.

Delays in collecting friends and family result in delays across our entire hospital system, making it harder for us to treat those most in need. 

 

Home so I can help others. Our priority is to help patients get better and support them to leave hospital when the time is right and it's safe to do so. So, when they are ready to come home, make sure you are too.

Home so I can help others. Our priority is to help patients get better and support them to leave hospital when the time is right and it's safe to do so. So, when they are ready to come home, make sure you are too. 

 

Collecting a loved from hospital earlier in the day is better for their mental & physical health and relieves pressure on NHS services.

Help us get them home by being available to collect them and ensuring their home is clean and safe for them to return to.

 

 Home for my lunch. We aim to ensure our patients are discharged home before lunchtime. This is better for the patient and it helps to reduce pressures across our health system. So, when they are ready to come home, make sure you are too. Home for my lunch. We aim to ensure our patients are discharged home before lunchtime. This is better for the patient and it helps to reduce pressures across our health system. So, when they are ready to come home, make sure you are too.

 

Spending Christmas in hospital may be necessary for some but, for most, home is the best place to be. 
 
Help us get loved ones home by being available to collect them and ensuring their home is clean and safe for them to return to.

 

 Home for Christmas. We're working really hard, ,to make sure your loved ones can safely leave hospital in time for Christmas. So, when they are ready to come home, make sure you are too. Home for Christmas. We're working really hard, ,to make sure your loved ones can safely leave hospital in time for Christmas. So, when they are ready to come home, make sure you are too.

You can help to get your loved ones home for Christmas. 

Help us get them home by making sure they have transport to get home, stocking up the fridge, popping the heating on and making sure they’ve got everything they need.

 Home for Christmas. Helping patients who are medically fit to return home for Christmas not only benefits the patient it also help reduce pressures on our hospitals. So, when they are ready to come home, make sure you are too. Home for Christmas. Helping patients who are medically fit to return home for Christmas not only benefits the patient it also help reduce pressures on our hospitals. So, when they are ready to come home, make sure you are too.

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Helping loved ones get Home for Lunch

This winter our local hospitals across Cambridgeshire & Peterborough are calling on family and friends to help get their loved ones home for lunch.

Hospitals do all they can to ensure patients can be discharged home before lunchtime. Leaving hospital before midday has significant benefits for the patient and also helps reduce pressures on our hospitals and staff so vital care is given to those most in need.

Carol Anderson, Chief Nurse at NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough said: “Our priority is to help patients get better and support them to leave hospital when the time is right and it’s safe to do so.

“Family and friends can help us get them home by making sure they can provide or arrange transport home, stocking up their fridge, popping the heating on and making sure their loved one has got everything they need to continue their recovery at home.”

Research shows that a prolonged stay in a hospital bed can have a significant negative impact on someone’s health. For patients over the age of 80, a week in bed can lead to 10 years of muscle ageing. There is also a greater risk of contracting in-ward viruses and infections. 

Find out more about ways in which friends and family can help loved one’s recovery at Home for lunch | CPICS Website.