Gloucestershire NHS introduces pharmacy plan to speed up patient discharge

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An NHS trust has introduced pharmacy changes to help patients who are medically fit to leave hospital sooner. Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is focusing on getting TTOs to the pharmacy by 13:00 GMT each day. It says this reduces the length of stay for patients by several hours and can release up to 20 beds a day.

"That's 20 people not waiting in the emergency department," said medical director, Professor Mark Pietroni.Patients whose TTOs are with the pharmacy by 13:00 GMT are usually discharged about four hours later.

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