Care homes near Whipps Cross University Hospital, Woodford Green – page 10

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 Whipps Cross University Hospital is doing

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

Services for older people at Whipps Cross University Hospital

• Forest Assessment Unit (frailty)A frailty unit for older patients, often coming straight from A&E, with the aim of going home within 48 hours. Source
• Elderly medicine clinics and fallsElderly medicine clinics include a general elderly medical clinic, a falls clinic and a falls group and balance class. Source
• Connaught Day HospitalConnaught Day HospitalConnaught Day Hospital is the base of the department of medicine for elderly people at Whipps Cross. Source
• Frailty fracture clinicA frailty fracture clinic is based at Whipps Cross. Source
• Patient advice and liaison service (PALS)junction 4, main buildingPALS offers advice and support to patients, families and carers; call 020 8535 6438. Source

Getting there and visiting

• Buses and trainsBuses W12, W15, W19 and 357 stop within the hospital grounds at the main entrance. Source
• Buses and trainsBuses 20, 56, 230 and 257 stop near the hospital at the Whipps Cross roundabout. Source
• Buses and trainsLeytonstone (Central line) and Walthamstow Central (Victoria line) are the closest Underground stations. Source
• Buses and trainsWood Street overground station is an 11 minute walk from the main entrance. Source
• ParkingParking is paid, with Blue Badge holders exempt from fees in designated bays. Source
• VisitingTwo visitors are allowed at a time per patient, and more are welcome on children's and maternity wards. Source

Map of the hospital site

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

Care homes near other hospitals

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Questions about care homes near Whipps Cross University Hospital