Scheme for care home residents to avoid A&E praised

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Friday, 5 May 2017 12:42

by Roger Donnelly

A North Antrim woman says her elderly brother has greatly benefited from a scheme keeping many older people out of A & E.

Sheila's brother Robin (we're withholding surnames at her request ) has been recovering in a nursing home after two hip operations in recent years.

Since 2015 the Northern Trust has trained up some care homes to deal with certain A&E-type procedures.

And Sheila says Robin used to have awful hassle when his catheter came out:

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