The right place for your care Acute Hospitals, such as the Royal Infirmary, Glenfield and General Hospitals, are for people who require emergency, medical or surgical treatment within a hospital environment. When your treatment has been completed it is important that your stay is not delayed for the following reasons: • s ome people find it harder to return home the longer they stay in hospital •p atients tell us they prefer to be at home in their familiar surroundings and this is often the best place for recovery
• hospital beds are needed for people who are very unwell, and who may be waiting in the Emergency Department for a bed to become available • people waiting for surgery, both urgent and nonurgent, may have their operations cancelled if a bed is unavailable.
Photograph taken pre-pandemic
• t here is a risk of acquiring infections in hospital,
so leaving at the earliest opportunity means this is less likely
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