The NHS is seeking up to 95 nurses to staff a scheme which would care for patients in their home.
Up to 95 nurses are needed to staff new "virtual wards" in Staffordshire.
The NHS said the project aimed to deliver "hospital-equivalent care to patients" in their "own home or another community setting".The service, due to start in January, would serve up to 470 patients who have been promised "the same care" as they would get in hospital. Lesley Roberts, head of operations at the Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, said: "Hospitals are not the right place for people who don't absolutely need to be there.She said that instead, patients who did not need hospital care could be looked after on the
, cared for by NHS staff with access to "the same equipment, treatment, monitoring and consultant advice".The trust said patients could also receive visits in their home, which might include some treatment, get advice and discuss their conditions though online video conferencing.The NHS plans to hold a drop-in day for potential recruits at Smithfield 1 in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, on 28 September.The scheme is due to start once it has recruited enough staff.
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