苏格兰国家保健服务系统为家庭病人提供流动诊所,削减等候时间、床位和费用。
NHS Scotland deploys mobile clinics to home patients, cutting waits, beds, and costs.
NHS 大格拉斯哥和克莱德已经启动了一个移动诊断车,向格拉斯哥的病人家庭直接提供X光、超声波、血液和尿液检测,对象是老年人和行动不便者。
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has launched a mobile diagnostics vehicle to deliver X-rays, ultrasounds, blood, and urine tests directly to patients’ homes in Glasgow, targeting elderly and mobility-limited individuals.
这项服务得到苏格兰放射师协会的支持,旨在减少医院的等候时间和入院人数,试点方案显示平均等待时间减少4小时,每个病人节省了近10个住院日,每次避免入院可节省1 008英镑的费用。
The service, supported by the Society of Radiographers in Scotland, aims to reduce hospital wait times and admissions, with pilot programs showing a four-hour average reduction in wait times, nearly 10 saved hospital bed days per patient, and £1,008 in cost savings per avoided admission.
该倡议还寻求通过提供以社区为基础的职业机会,解决苏格兰放射师短缺的问题。
The initiative also seeks to address Scotland’s radiographer shortage by offering community-based career opportunities.