How hospital at home is transforming patient care

In this insightful interview, Dr Claire Steel, President of the UK Hospital at Home Society, discusses the rapid evolution of hospital-level care delivered in patients' homes.

She shares practical examples of how early supported discharge, community-based diagnostics, and clinical decision-making are improving outcomes, particularly in rural and remote areas. Dr Steel also introduces the Society’s new journal and upcoming national conference, highlighting growing multidisciplinary involvement and the expanding evidence base.

Speaker

Dr Claire Steel is a consultant physician in older people’s medicine in NHS Lanarkshire. Her specialty interest is Hospital at Home and she has been involved in this specialty for 10 years. She has been a director with the UK Hospital at Home Society for 2 years and this year is the new society President.