This week (1 – 7 August 2022) is Home Artificial Nutrition Awareness Week, dedicated to raising awareness around essential nutritional treatments needed by many across the world. Home Artificial Nutrition includes oral supplements, enteral nutrition (provided through a feeding tube) and parenteral nutrition (provided through an intravenous line). LloydsPharmacy Clinical Homecare offers a wide-reaching Home
Read more...One year since lockdown: How community-based healthcare services are expanding care capacity and helping prevent delays in cancer treatment LloydsPharmacy’s healthcare centre leadership team discuss how they are helping support NHS trusts amid the pandemic. 15 February 2021: Recent studies have shown that more than 650,000 people with cancer in the UK (22%) have experienced disruption to their cancer treatment or care because of Covid-19. For
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LloydsPharmacy Clinical Homecare (LPCH) now cares for 100,000 patients across the UK – a milestone in supporting patients to undergo treatment in their own homes or communities. Forging more partnerships between clinical homecare and the NHS offers greater resilience for local hospitals, enabling them to spend time delivering urgent care, while maintaining the very highest standards of care for patients. LPCH continues to invest in new partnerships and innovation to deliver exceptional patient
Read more...For most, visiting a hospital to receive treatments was the norm, however with changes in patient behaviours amid the pandemic and significant challenges facing the UK health sector, community-based healthcare is more important than ever, stepping in to provide quality patient care when it is needed most. LloydsPharmacy’s Healthcare Centres are providing an alternative to hospital-based treatments and widening
Read more...As healthcare providers in the UK urgently look for ways to safely manage the backlog of patients caused by the pandemic, LloydsPharmacy healthcare centres have been more vital than ever, supporting patients by expanding the capacity to care and relieving pressure on NHS trusts by preventing delays in cancer treatments. The importance of preventing delays can be shown by recent
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