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Emergency Care Bulletin
A bulletin for everyone working in Emergency
Care
Issue 13 - October 2003 |
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Consultation
on choice, responsiveness and equity
An intensive period of consultation on what
patients and users want in terms of choice, involvement and flexibility
in their care and treatment
Consultation on clinical exceptions
to the four-hour target
The Department of Health has begun consultation
on how to define and monitor cases that should not be included in the
four-hour waiting target
Improving partnership
for ambulance services
This initiative has been launched to help
NHS ambulance trusts improve their performance and spread good practice
Case study:
Improving
emergency care for mental health patients
St George’s Hospital has set up a new system
to help improve and streamline emergency care for mental health patients
Get the
right treatment campaign 2003-2004
The aim of the campaign is to promote awareness
of the health care options available to patients and encourage appropriate
use of them.
Voicepiece
Introducing the new clinical director
for patient experience in A&E, Jonathan Asbridge
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This bulletin is for everyone working in emergency care. Please:
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The national clinical director for emergency access
Sir George Alberti is always eager to hear the views of frontline staff.
Please send your views to MB-GeorgeAlberti@doh.gov.uk
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care is available at www.info.doh.gov.uk/
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