Responsive emergency assessment and community team: an acute palliative medicine virtual ward with emergency department in-reach
REACT has a valuable impact on patient care, autonomy, quality of life and reduces health inequity for patients with life-limiting illnesses. By reducing time spent in the hospital in the last year of life, the service creates additional capacity across the entire healthcare system.
Authors
- Clare Rayment
- Emily Holdsworth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6308-1061)
Institutions
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- Marie Curie Hospice (GB)
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2025-006079
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00