Podcast: helping older adults avoid unnecessary hospital visits

Hampshire County Council is working to ensure that older adults avoid unnecessary trips to hospital thanks to a collaboration with the South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS).

Through the collaboration, the Social Work Line was created – a dedicated phone number that ambulance crew can use to contact a social worker directly.

In this episode, you will hear from Matt Hutchinson, head of service for South Hampshire older adults’ team, and senior social worker Maria Kneller, who talk about how this service is helping to give older adults greater independence within their homes if a trip to hospital is not essential.

Listen to “Workforce Insights: Helping older adults avoid unnecessary journeys to the hospital” on Spreaker.

You can listen to the podcast using the player above, or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Spreaker or wherever you normally listen to podcasts.

Here is the transcript.

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