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What (who) is -wards - definition

BREWERY IN SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND
S.H. Wards & Company; Wards Brewery Company
  • Wards brewery gates, 2006
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-wards      
¦ suffix variant spelling of -ward.
-wards      
·- ·see -ward.
II. -wards ·vi Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, ·etc.
Virtual wards         
Virtual ward; Virtual Wards
A virtual ward is a means providing support in the community to people with the most complex medical and social needs. The concept was developed in Croydon Primary Care Trust (South London) – and virtual wards have been introduced in Croydon, Dorset, Dudley, Brent, Hillingdon, Bracknell and Nottinghamshire.

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Wards Brewing Company

Wards Brewing Company was a brewery based at Sheaf Brewery on Ecclesall Road, Sheffield, England, now a subsidiary of Double Maxim Beer Company. The most famous brand produced was Wards Best Bitter.

Examples of use of -wards
1. Last November, the bug forced two wards to close, and a second bout last month shut nine wards.
2. During this year, students will survey 5,000 guardians and their wards to ascertain the wards‘ needs, identify their guardians, locate the wards‘ living places (institution or at home) and more.
3. But the fines apply only to delayed discharge from acute wards, not from the rehabilitation wards where bed–blocking mainly occurs.
4. Besides administrative and registration wings, the three–story hospital will have maternity and neonatal wards, a physiotherapy clinic, a blood bank and emergency wards.
5. NHS: Trusts close wards to juggle debts A number of NHS trusts are slashing staff and closing wards in their struggle to bring huge debts under control.