Care homes near Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon

Leaving hospital: what happens next

1. Planning starts early. The ward usually starts planning a discharge soon after admission. Ask who is coordinating it and when the patient is expected to be ready to leave.
2. Ask for a needs assessment. If the patient may need care afterwards, the hospital discharge team works with the council’s social care team to assess what support is needed. The assessment is free.
3. Short-term support may come first. Many people go home or to a care home with short-term “intermediate care” or reablement, which is free for up to six weeks. Longer-term needs can then be assessed once they have recovered.
4. Ask about NHS Continuing Healthcare. If the patient’s needs are mainly health needs, ask for an assessment for NHS Continuing Healthcare. If they qualify, the NHS pays the full cost of their care. How it works.
5. Choosing a care home. A hospital bed usually can’t be kept while you wait for a particular home, so a short or interim stay is common. Use the list above to shortlist homes, and see our guides to hospital discharge, choosing a care home and respite and short stays.

How Hinchingbrooke Hospital is doing

A&E figures are for the whole NHS trust, not only this site.

Services for older people at Hinchingbrooke Hospital

• Medicine for the elderlyFirst floorCherry Tree Ward provides medicine for the elderly. Source
• Elderly medicineFirst floorPear Ward provides elderly medicine. Source
• Medicine for older peopleThe medicine for older people team is based at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, as well as at Peterborough City Hospital and Stamford and Rutland Hospital. Source
• Falls clinicThe medicine for older people team runs clinics for falls. Source
• Patient advice and liaison service (PALS)PALS for concerns and complaints at Hinchingbrooke Hospital. Phone 01480 428964. Source

Getting there and visiting

• Buses and trainsHuntingdon train station is about a 10 minute walk from the hospital. Source
• Buses and trainsVarious bus services serve the hospital, with links to the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway. Source
• ParkingCar parks are pay-on-exit. Disabled spaces are not chargeable and have no time limit, and Blue Badges are scanned at the exit barrier. Source
• VisitingVisiting is arranged by ward. The acute assessment unit allows one visitor per patient. Source
• NHS patient transportNon-emergency patient transport for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is run by EMED. Book by calling 0300 777 5555. Source

Map of the hospital site

Our own map from OpenStreetMap. It doesn’t show wards or floors.

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Questions about care homes near Hinchingbrooke Hospital