Table 4 Ward access to specialist services (n = 77)
From: Acute hospital dementia care: results from a national audit
Speciality service | No access | Limiteda | Monday-Friday | Monday-Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Liaison Psychiatry | 4 % | 3 % | 42 % | 51 % |
Psychiatry of Old Age | 26 % | 3 % | 58 % | 13 % |
Geriatric Medicine | 16 % | - | 52 % | 32 % |
Occupational Therapy | 21 % | - | 79 % | - |
Social Work | 47 % | - | 52 % | 1 % |
Pharmacy | 0 % | 1 % | 32 % | 67 % |
Physiotherapy | 0 % | 1 % | 51 % | 48 % |
Dietetics | 7 % | 5 % | 88 % | - |
Speech & Language | 9 % | 10 % | 81 % | - |
Psychology | 91 % | - | 9 % | - |
Infection Control | 1 % | 3 % | 63 % | 33 % |
Tissue Viability | 29 % | 16 % | 54 % | 1 % |
Continence | 66 % | 8 % | 26 % | - |
Palliative Care | 3 % | 8 % | 21 % | 68 % |