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But traditional hospital-based care can be burdensome for older, frail patients who would prefer to remain at home, and existing evidence and policy reviews suggest a need for new, community-based models that combine specialist expertise with flexible care delivery.
In response to these trends and pressures, Dr Tamsin Cargill – an NIHR-funded Academic Clinical Lecturer at the Nuffield Department of Medicine, and a hepatology registrar at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – developed Hepatology at Home, the UK’s first service to bring hospital-level diagnosis and treatment into people’s homes.
Read the full story on the Oxford Academic Health Partners website.