Case Study: Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust reduces rehab delays with VitalHub’s MCAP

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Customer Case Study

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust was challenged with managing patients who, following surgery, were identified by VitalHub's MCAP tool as not requiring acute rehabilitation yet had to remain in the hospital. This was due to a lack of available community facilities, causing significant delays in patient placement and occupying valuable acute care beds unnecessarily.

VitalHub’s solution involved using MCAP data to analyze demand, which led the Trust to commission a new step-down rehabilitation unit within their own facility. By re-designing medical beds for this purpose, VitalHub helped the Trust free up four surgical beds and reduce the number of patients delayed while awaiting rehabilitation by 37%, ensuring patients received the right level of care.

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust