Measuring and optimising the efficiency of communityhospital inpatient care for older people: the MoCHA mixed-methods study.

Measuring and optimising the efficiency of community hospital inpatient care for older people: the MoCHA mixed-methods study.
Health Serv Deliv Res 2020;8(1) January 2020

• This study found that the efficiency of community hospital wards is comparable with acute hospitals and that modifiable performance factors might lead to potential efficiency savings.

Delivering same-sex accommodation

Delivering same-sex accommodation
NHS Improvement 26 September 2019

• This guidance has been updated to reflect current patient pathways, including further definition of what is and is not a mixed-sex accommodation breach and circumstances in which mixing may be justified and therefore not constitute a breach.

Understanding community hospitals

Analysis of the profile, characteristics, patient experience and community value of community hospitals: a multimethod study
Health Services and Delivery Research v7 (1) January 2019

• This research examines patient experiences of community hospitals, and how they are supported and valued by local people. 
• It found that being a patient in a community hospital compared with elsewhere: it felt more like home because of its location and familiarity, environment and atmosphere, and the relationships between staff, patients, families and the community. People described a holistic and personalised approach to care, which was particularly valued as admission to hospital was often associated with difficult changes in personal circumstances.

Community hospitals and their services in the NHS

Community hospitals and their services in the NHS: identifying transferable learning from international developments - scoping review, systematic review, country reports and case studies.

Health Serv Deliv Res 2017;5(19)

• A multimethod study including a scoping review of community hospital models, a linked systematic review of their effectiveness and efficiency, an analysis of experiences in Australia, Finland, Italy, Norway and Scotland, and case studies of four community hospitals in Finland, Italy and Scotland.