Care homes near Whiston Hospital, Prescot – 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 Whiston Hospital is doing

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

Services for older people at Whiston Hospital

• Frailty unit (Bevan Court)Bevan CourtThe hub of Whiston's frailty service, with an acute frailty assessment unit and a reablement and rehabilitation unit. Source
• Medicine for older people wardsWards 5A to 5D provide medicine for older people. Source
• Stroke unit (Ward 5C)5th floor on the main Whiston Hospital siteWard 5C is a 32-bed stroke ward, with a hyper-acute stroke unit for the first 72 hours after a stroke. Source
• Specialist palliative care and end of life careMedical Directorate on Green Zone (3rd floor)A hospital specialist palliative care and end of life care service, which also gives advice to hospital and community teams. Source
• Discharge coordinator (frailty unit)The frailty unit has a dedicated discharge coordinator who works with patients, carers and community colleagues to support safe discharge. Source

Getting there and visiting

• Buses and trainsBus routes 89, 10A and 61 drop off outside Whiston Hospital. Source
• Buses and trainsRail stations in the surrounding area are Prescot, Whiston, Rainhill and Eccleston Park. Source
• ParkingVisitor car parking is paid. Blue Badge holders attending as a patient or visitor are entitled to free parking. Source
• VisitingVisiting can be restricted or suspended at short notice. Call the switchboard to check that a ward is open to visitors. Source
• NHS patient transportNorth West Ambulance Service (NWAS) runs the non-emergency patient transport service. Booking line 0800 0323 240. Source

Map of the hospital site

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

Care homes near other hospitals

• Care homes near Halewood Health Centre · urgent care · 4.6 miles away
• Care homes near Old Swan Urgent Treatment Centre · walk-in centre · 5.4 miles away
• Care homes near The St. Chads Centre · urgent care · 5.9 miles away
• Care homes near Garston Urgent Treatment Centre · urgent care · 6.5 miles away

Questions about care homes near Whiston Hospital