Report quantifying the impact of interventions to adapt hospital care capacity in NHS England, including cancellation of elective surgery, field hospitals, use of private hospitals, re-deployment of former medical staff and deployment of newly qualified medical staff, etc. Published October 2020.
Adapting hospital capacity to meet changing demands during the COVID-19 pandemic.pdf
Evidence on changes in the use of ambulatory care in the NHS system, including analysis of policy changes made to create capacity for Covid-19 patients, changes in patient care-seeking behavior, and change in the prevalence of some infectious conditions. Published May 2020.
How is COVID-19 changing the use of emergency care? | The Health Foundation
Four strategies on facilitating care of non-Covid patients from a health systems perspective in the context of overstretched capacity, including outpatient management strategies, "location pooling" techniques to reduce redundancies in hospital care, grouping Covid-19 patients by their underlying conditions and discharge to post-acute care for Covid and non-Covid patients. Published July 2020.
How Hospitals Can Meet the Needs of Non-Covid Patients During the Pandemic
Evidence from a scoring system to facilitate decision-making and triage for medically necessary, time-sensitive procedures in the context of Covid-19, including nonoperative treatment option effectiveness, nonoperative treatment option resource/exposure risk, and impact of delays in surgical difficulty and risk. Published April 2020.