District Direct

• Care and Support Services
• Older Person Support

The District Direct (DD) Team can help to support patients to return home by reducing barriers to discharge, decrease length of stay and avoid readmissions. Our service also provides pre-op support to prevent delays post treatment. A referral can be completed at any point during the patient’s hospital stay – the sooner the better! We can support patients that live in the following areas:

Referrals are accepted from professionals  Mon-Fri 9-5pm

DD at the  Emergency Department NNUH

Admission prevention/ avoidance Could your patient be discharged with support from District Direct in the community? THINK – could you avoid this patient being admitted into hospital? Admissions to AMU/PAU We also follow patients through from ED to AMU and can get a head start on addressing patient’s social concerns or safeguarding issues that may have been raised by EEAS. These could include self-neglect, hoarding and clutter scores, in turn reducing length of stay.

DD in Breckland – Safe at home scheme

For residents living in Breckland

Support residents to keep safe and well in their own homes and prevent admission to hospital where possible.

Referrals are accepted from professionals (see leaflet for details). Mon-Fri 9-5pm