Category

• Promising Local Practice

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Poverty impact

• Mitigation

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Poverty driver

• Provide benefit in-kind (material)
• Non-driver - improving quality of life

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Keywords

• Food insecurity
• Cost-Of-Living Crisis
• NHS
• Acute Hospital Discharge Service
• Intersectional Multi-Agency Approach

Aim

To mitigate immediate food poverty amongst socioeconomically deprived inpatients upon discharge back into the community.

Summary

An NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) Acute Services partnership project to mitigate the impact of the cost-of-living crisis amongst socioeconomically deprived inpatients upon discharge back into the community. Provided by NHSGGC’s Aroma Café on the day of discharge, the two-day food package of fresh and non-perishable foods is provided by Aroma Café and Trussell Trust food banks within Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Contents include: milk, bread, butter, tinned goods, fruit, coffee, tea and other daily living essentials such as toiletries.

What difference does it make?

The project has a direct and positive holistic impact on acute patients’ holistic health, while mitigating the damaging effects of the cost-of-living crisis following immediate discharge.

Key take-aways

• Holistic discharge planning considers a patient’s journey from admission to discharge, and back into the community.
• Holistic care packages involve considering a patient’s immediate nutritional needs following their inpatient stay, which is particularly vital for those also struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.
• Strategies which address health inequalities can cross boundaries between primary and secondary care.
• Patients, families, and carers should have the right to request equal support without referral, for example through on-site atriums. 

 

Organisations

NHSGGC, Aroma Café, the Trussell Trust

Location

Across all acute hospital services within Greater Glasgow and Clyde (Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Royal Alexandra Hospital, New Stobhill Hospital, New Victoria Hospital, Vale of Leven Hospital, Inverclyde Hospital)

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