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Whitby Hospital Could Get a Virtual Ward

A proposal is to be created to assess how a virtual community ward could operate.

The idea is to monitor some patients while they are in their own homes, freeing up physical beds in the hospital.

Service Manager - Sonia Rafferty - says it's something that was trialled during the pandemic.

Meanwhile, managers at Whitby Hospital say they are making progress working through a backlog of patients that amassed during the pandemic.

Sonia Rafferty - says they are now getting through their waiting lists.

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