Locally Employed Doctor - Community Hospitals

Predominantly frail older patients requiring rehabilitation, ongoing medical care or complex discharge planning

Mix of step-down transfers and direct admissions (e.g. IV therapy, end-of-life care)

Since April 2022, the HoP team has led the development of a new community care model at Totnes. The ward is supported by a weekly consultant ward round and middle-grade support.

Blood courier twice daily; anticipated point-of-care testing expansion.

Newton Abbot Community Hospital

Teign Ward (30 rehabilitation/general medical beds)

Templer Ward (20 stroke/neuro rehab + 10 general medical beds)

Mix of direct admissions from Harbour, step down rehabilitation, and specialist stroke/neuro rehabilitation

Specialist GP and Specialist doctor (daily) supported by stroke consultant ward round (weekly)

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated care organisation providing acute health care services from Torbay Hospital, community health services and adult social care. When we formed our integrated care organisation in October 2015 we became the first Trust in England to join up hospital and community care with social care. As one organisation, we are working with our partners to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care.

The Trust runs Torbay Hospital as well as four community hospitals, stretching from Dawlish to Brixham. We also provide health and social care to the local population.

We have around 500,000 face-to-face contacts with patients in their homes and communities each year and see over 78,000 people in our Emergency Department annually. We serve a resident population of approximately 286,000 people, plus about 100,000 visitors at any one time during the summer holiday season.

We have been an authorised NHS Foundation Trust since 2007 and have over 12,000 public members and we employ approximately 6,000 staff including frontline health and social care staff. We also have over 800 volunteers who make a difference each and every day to the people we care for.