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Teams of ‘ward walkers’ are spearheading efforts to get more patients discharged quickly from all North Yorkshire hospitals – and statistics show the tactics are working well.

North Yorkshire Council staff, officially called transfer of care co-ordinators, work alongside NHS colleagues to identify patients who are fit for discharge but will need support as they convalesce in the community.

They are able to put arrangements in place, ranging from short care-home stays to having volunteers help to get people’s own homes ahead of their return from hospital.

Efforts increased to get more hospital patients back home in North Yorkshire