Providers Deliver: patient flow

The eighth report in the series – Providers Deliver: patient flow – highlights practical steps and innovations to improve patient flow and help people get the care they need, in the right place at the right time. The report features a range of case studies where trusts across the acute, community, mental health and ambulance sectors have developed effective approaches to improve patient flow in the face of unparalleled pressures. These types of approaches will be central to plans to recover core performance standards across the whole health and care system.

The report sets out the wider context behind obstacles to patient flow that cause delays. Work to address them requires a joined up approach based on close partnerships between different types of providers.