1 / 4

What are the alternatives for patients who are not life threatened?

What are the alternatives for patients who are not life threatened?. Clinical Telephone Advice Walk in Centres Minor Injuries Units Intermediate Care Falls teams District nurses Mental Health Crisis Intervention Teams Primary care Social services NHS Direct. Requires us to change:.

despina
Download Presentation

What are the alternatives for patients who are not life threatened?

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. What are the alternatives for patients who are not life threatened? • Clinical Telephone Advice • Walk in Centres • Minor Injuries Units • Intermediate Care • Falls teams • District nurses • Mental Health Crisis Intervention Teams • Primary care • Social services • NHS Direct

  2. Requires us to change: • Provide telephone advice to callers with non-serious conditions • Develop referral pathways • Send a professional who is trained in the recognition and treatment of non-life threatened, but often complex, patients

  3. Education for Emergency Care Practitioners St Georges Medical School/Kingston University

  4. Around the Country Merseyside – relatively clear care pathways East Anglia – strong links with GPs non escalation of cases unless necessary = basic principle, extended practice Sheffield – rotation through control & MIUs, also focus on older peoples needs Staffordshire – clear location in demand patches, CPOs senior role in service, patient focused ethos Warwickshire – v. competent practitioners, open access routes to role, clerking into acute sector West Country – strong educational package & some extensions in practice

More Related