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       What are the costs to implement 24 hours Asthma service for youn
       g people?
       By: admini5 Date: May 13, 2015, 6:46 am
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       This initiative requires the primary care organisation or
       Community Trust to invest in an additional whole time equivalent
       band 6 paediatric nurse, which is a recurrent cost included in
       the net saving above. The primary care organisation may also
       incur extra contract activity costs from patients receiving
       advice or treatment in a community setting which previously
       would have been in A&E/as an in-patient, but this will be at a
       lower tariff.
       Other additional set-up costs are a laptop and 2 emergency bags
       with oxygen, consumables and drugs.
       Agreeing the service redesign, developing treatment algorithms
       and recruiting a nurse require an investment of time from a
       multidisciplinary project team during the set-up phase.
       The cost of the extra equipment and the time invested in project
       management was equivalent to between 6 months’ and 1
       year’s savings.
       For further information please visit:
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