article_snippet: The idea is to bring together hospitals, GPs, community services and care homes to provide more joined-up care.
article_snippet: Specialist doctors, GPs, nurses and physiotherapists do not work closely together nor spend enough time on preventative care, trying to avoid patients’ conditions deteriorating.
article_snippet: In an interview for BBC Radio 4’s World at One programme, Mr Stevens said: ‘In England we’ve got a growing population and an ageing population and one of the big tests is can we provide compassionate, high-quality care for older people who have several different health problems at once.
article_snippet: If they suffer a fall, rather than calling an ambulance, staff at the care home will set up the internet consultation with a nurse at the hospital.
article_snippet: a nurse at the hospital will then liaise with a senior doctor and decide if the patient needs to come to A&E immediately or can wait for a GP home visit.
article_snippet: patients in care homes may have several long-term conditions such as dementia, diabetes and heart disease and doctors will use the time to make more thorough assessments.
highlights_snippet: Aimed at providing better care for the most vulnerable patients .
  
highlights_snippet: Hope it will stop patients unnecessarily ending up in hospital A&E units .
  