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Hospital Life™ is an active learning tool developed by NHS employees to explain how a hospital works by recreating the  complexities and dynamics of patient flow and capacity management in a board game.
Hospital Life™ simulates the patient flow in a nine ward hospital during a typical day. Players are given specific roles and responsibilities and they must work together to solve a series of realistic challenges during the course of this imaginary day.
Hospital Life™ helps players to understand how better planning, communication and team work can improve the way that they work. It also gives players practical insights into how a hospital works. No previous experience of capacity management is needed to play Hospital Life.
The expected outcomes are a better informed workforce and improved operating efficiency.
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Hospital Life™ will interest anyone involved in:
- Patient flow or bed management in a hospital
- Receiving & Discharging patients including A&E staff and ward staff
- Managing staff and resources
- Training of nursing, medicine and management disciplines
- Patient groups
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Hospital Life™ helps to develop professional and personal skills:
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Hospital Life™ allows players to experience and discuss issues relevant to the NHS:
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National guidelines
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Best practice Regional policies and targets
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Strategic review of current patient flow processes
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Demonstrate the impact of decisions
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Multidisciplinary team working |
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