Current provision of general practitioner services in or alongside emergency departments in England

Emergency nurse practitioner services in major accident and emergency departments: a United Kingdom postal survey.

OBJECTIVE To establish the current and predicted distribution of formal emergency nurse practitioner services in major accident and emergency departments in the United Kingdom; to determine organisational variations in service provision, with specific reference to funding, role configuration, training, and scope of clinical activity. METHODS Postal survey of senior nurses of all major acciden...

General anaesthesia in accident and emergency departments.

Potential problems with the provision of general anaesthesia in accident and emergency (A&E) departments were investigated by sending consultants in A&E a postal questionnaire asking for their views on the quality of the anaesthetic service available to their department. Of the 129 consultants replying, 31% had problems in obtaining an anaesthetist, 17% thought the first on-call anaesthetist wa...

Quality of general practitioner referrals to outpatient departments: assessment by specialists and a general practitioner.

Thirty eight specialists in one district health authority were asked to take part in a questionnaire survey to assess the appropriateness of referral and the quality of the referral letter for 20 consecutive new patients each. A total of 705 new patient referrals to 13 specialties were included in the study. Twelve of the 38 specialists were randomly selected and their 234 new patient referral ...

The provision of nutrition supply services: an assessment of current NHS procurement arrangements in England

Provision of forensic medical services to police custody suites in England and Wales: current practice.

INTRODUCTION Police services within England and Wales are required under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to ensure appropriate healthcare to those detained in police custody (forensic medical services). Traditionally doctors have been used by police services to provide an appropriate level of care. Changes within the Act allowed other healthcare professionals (nurses and paramedics an...