Virtual Ward
What is a virtual ward?
Virtual Wards are a digital solution for clinicians to support patients in their own homes. It is a ‘wrap-around’ service that ensures patients can quickly receive the care they need whilst also reducing the need for avoidable hospital admission.
“I think this is a brilliant service. I felt a lot happier knowing I was being kept an eye on. I would like to thank the team for their support it is very much appreciated. Thank you.”
Virtual Ward Patient
About Us
Baywater Healthcare is a specialist provider of patient monitoring services and offers solutions to NHS patients to be monitored under a Virtual Ward. Our solution is easy to use, cost-effective, and has positive outcomes for both patients and clinicians.
We are a highly innovative and flexible provider
We adapt our services to be accessible
We provide solutions to ensure digital inclusivity
How does it work?
We offer a holistic service to support the NHS to monitor patients using a Virtual Ward.
- Clinicians refer their patients to the Virtual Ward to help the patient monitor their symptoms at home.
- Our Long Term Conditions Team registers the patient with the Virtual Ward.
- Instructions are emailed to the patient explaining how to access our service, including a link to our system to monitor themselves at home.
- The patient is asked daily question sets and is provided with any peripherals needed to take their daily readings. The easy-to-use online clinical portal allows clinicians to quickly see if the patient is deteriorating to act when required.
We have extensive experience offering Virtual Ward solutions to the NHS, including our highly regarded COVID Virtual Ward provided to patients in South West England. This service has supported over 4,800 patients to date. Patients on this service have been provided with a pulse oximeter and are asked to enter readings and answer wellbeing questions daily.
Frameworks
We have been awarded a place on several frameworks to support NHS partners to procure with confidence.
These frameworks include:
- Shared Business Services (SBS)
- ESPO
Patient Satisfaction
We are proud of our services, but the best way to ensure we are continuing to meet patient needs is to ask them directly. That is why we conduct regular satisfaction surveys. Here is a small selection of the feedback we have received:
“Just such a wonderful, caring supportive environment and people to listen when you needed them. This is such a good service!”
“My wife and I would like to thank all the staff who took the daily readings for their friendly manner and their patience. We felt very comfortable speaking to them.”
“I am not sure I could have got through without the virtual team they were amazing. Thank you for all your help and kind support from the bottom of my heart.”
“Thank you to the excellent team who dealt with my daily calls, it gave huge reassurance to be able to speak to someone each day, a fantastic team and service.”
“I would just like to thank everyone involved in the virtual COVID ward. I felt very supported and that means a lot to someone feeling ill and a little worried. Many thanks.”
“A huge thank you to everyone. I can’t describe the gratitude I owe the whole team. I feel incredibly lucky to have been referred to the virtual COVID ward.”
“Thanks for this service, it was helpful for my mental health to know that my husband and I are being looked after and we are not alone while fighting COVID.
Really good service! I didn’t know it existed until I had COVID. Definitely helped me through a tough few weeks – my message was responded to almost instantly and had a reminder/check-up call to see if everything was ok when no results posted. Overall, a good helpful service!”
Contact us
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