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Patient Journey — Doccla

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Furthermore , as an accredited healthcare operator , Doccla provides additional clinical capacity on top of technology to reduce hospital workload , alleviating pressures on frustrated and overworked NHS staff .
“ Doccla has its own full clinical team of specialists who support the NHS with the clinical monitoring ,” explains Ratz . “ We also offer tech support for any patients unfamiliar with digital tech and how to use it . This further helps to ease the pressure on the trust ’ s staff .”
Virtual ward technology Virtual wards were initially set up to treat COVID-19 patients as a coping tool for the many overwhelmed hospitals that had run out of beds .
“ Pushed to its limits by the pandemic , the NHS has struggled to recover and is constantly stretched . There is simply not enough bed capacity in the hospitals or enough staff to cope with the numbers
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