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Care pathways and healthcare management in a COVID-19 triage psychiatric inpatient ward at south london and maudsley nhs foundation trust

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

L. Rebolledo-Ojeda ,
J. Tweed ,
R. Williams ,
J. Aygeman ,
O. Khalid  and
M. Pinto Da Costa
L. Rebolledo-Ojeda*
Affiliation:
Virginia Woolf Ward, South London and the Maudsley NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
J. Tweed
Affiliation:
Virginia Woolf Ward, South London and the Maudsley NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
R. Williams
Affiliation:
Virginia Woolf Ward, South London and the Maudsley NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
J. Aygeman
Affiliation:
Virginia Woolf Ward, South London and the Maudsley NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
O. Khalid
Affiliation:
Virginia Woolf Ward, South London and the Maudsley NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
M. Pinto Da Costa
Affiliation:
Virginia Woolf Ward, South London and the Maudsley NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic has enforced the restructuring of inpatient psychiatric services. In the UK, the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a triage ward system to ensure all patients have a COVID test prior to admission to the general ward with the aim to reduce COVID transmission amongst psychiatric inpatients.

Objectives

To characterise the flow of patients through a COVID-19 psychiatric triage ward and the protocol of assessment and management used.

Methods

Descriptive analysis of patients admitted to a COVID-19 triage ward since its creation.

Results

The caseload of patients admitted to the COVID-19 triage ward since its inception will be presented. This will include the profile of patients admitted, their status (formal/informal) and their acceptance of COVID-19 tests. The protocol followed at this COVID-19 triage ward will be presented, and the challenges faced and suggestions to overcome them will be discussed.

Conclusions

This presentation aims to share the workflow and protocols adopted at a COVID-19 triage ward in the UK, discussing challenges experienced as well as good practices.

Conflict of interest

No significant relationships.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S302
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