CEM - Reconfiguration work

The College toolkit for considering an Urgent Care Centre is now available here.

London Fellows and Members have agreed six principles for Emergency Care that they will use to review any proposals for reconfiguration. Other regions may wish to use these principles that can be viewed here.

Jim Wardrope - comment on emergency medicine in the HSJ

http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/speakout/2008/08/jim_wardrope_on_emergency_medicine_myths.html

Link to main page on reconfiguration

http://www.ournhs.nhs.uk/

Further details on individual reports are given below:

East of England – Towards the Best, Together – Published 12 May 2008

http://www.eoe.nhs.uk/page.php?page_id=79

Yorkshire and Humber – Healthy Ambitions - Published 14 May 2008

http://www.healthyambitions.co.uk/pdf/NHS_Full_NSR_Report.pdf

South West – Improving Health, Ambitions for the South West – published 15 May

https://www.southwest.nhs.uk/

South Central – Towards a Healthier Future – published 19 May

http://www.southcentral.nhs.uk/page.php?id=249

North West – Healthier Horizons - published 20 May

http://www.northwest.nhs.uk/healthierhorizons/

North East – Our Vision, Our Future  - published 22^nd May

http://www.northeast.nhs.uk/publications-and-reports/our-nhs-our-future-review

The South East Coast – Healthier People, Excellent Care -  published on 2 June

http://www.southeastcoast.nhs.uk/hpec/index.asp

The West Midlands report – Investing for Health - published on 3 June

 http://www.ifh.westmidlands.nhs.uk/

The East Midlands report – Better Health, Better Care - published on 5 June

 http://www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/strategic-plan

A  new statement from the President on the NHS review is available here.

The list of clinical leads for SHA Review Groups is also available below.

Please let the president know of any issues locally that are causing problems, as well as examples of new models of working that provide good quality patient care.

This page also includes a report from 2004 by Professor Matthew Cooke which reviews innovations aimed at reducing attendances at the ED.