{"id":759438,"date":"2026-09-04T07:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/759438\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T07:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:02:09","slug":"trial-reduces-inpatient-dementia-beds-in-north-east-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/759438\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial reduces inpatient dementia beds in north-east England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An NHS trust is investigating whether it should permanently reduce the number of bedspaces it provides to dementia patients, ahead of a planned long-term review of its services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust previously provided 34 inpatient beds to dementia and Alzheimer&#8217;s disease patients across Sunderland and Northumberland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is now trialling whether 21 beds are enough for the two areas, which it said reflected current demand. A spokesperson said bedspaces would be increased up to 34 again during the trial, if required. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The move is ahead of a long-term review of services for the patients, which may involve closing its Northumberland ward fully.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The trust said some older people with conditions such as Alzheimer&#8217;s disease or dementia might need inpatient care when it would be difficult to safely manage their needs at home or in the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The aim of admitting someone to an inpatient ward is usually to provide intensive assessment and treatment,&#8221; a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;How long somebody stays on a ward can vary a lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An NHS trust is investigating whether it should permanently reduce the number of bedspaces it provides to dementia&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-759438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}