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NICE Guidance: Emergency and acute medical care in over 16s

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British Geriatrics Society
Topic tags
CGA in acute settings
Emergency care

This NICE quality standard, published in September 2018, covers the organisation and delivery of emergency and acute medical care in the community and in hospital. It covers adults (16 and over) who seek, or are referred for, emergency NHS care for a suspected or confirmed acute medical emergency. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.

It does not cover the acute clinical management of specific medical conditions that need urgent or emergency care. This will be addressed within the quality standards for the relevant conditions.

Quality statements

Statement 1 Ambulance services have specialist and advanced paramedic practitioners.

Statement 2 Adults with undifferentiated medical emergencies who need hospital admission are assessed and initially treated in an acute medical unit.

Statement 3 Adults admitted with a medical emergency have a timely consultant assessment and review.

Statement 4 Adults admitted with a medical emergency have a structured patient handover during transitions of care.

Related

Policy

National Audit Office report on reducing emergency admissions