1 CASE STUDY Inpatient Wards Background In the summer of 2014 Meridian carried out an analysis of 7 Inpatient Wards for a large Healthcare Trust. The inpatient services employs 6 consultants, 5 psychologists, 22 occupational therapists and 116 WTEs of nurses. For the past two years the inpatient directorate had been unable to produce CIP savings. We invited Meridian Productivity in to conduct an Analysis of the Inpatient Wards to identify if any potential opportunity was available. There has been no structured planning and follow up process for the daily delivery of patient care. Before the start of the project, average length of stay was 47 days for adult acute patients and ward occupancy was 102%. Study Findings The analysis was a three week long

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