Below is how the College believes an ED should be set up to initially assess patients when they present.
See Initial assessment of Emergency Department patients (August 2022) for further details.
Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC)
The Guidance on Emergency Department follow up clinics can be found in the RCEM Clinic Guidance (Dec 2015).
Emergency Departments across the UK are facing considerable service pressures relating to workforce and activity. The College has published a toolkit with the aim of providing assistance to Emergency Medicine clinicians and Departments by listing in one place existing resources together with a description of new developments that we hope will help to address these pressures. It also provides an update on College work to support Emergency Departments and focus attention on finding solutions to the workforce challenges.
This is not a complete resource – where there are blanks the College is working hard to identify or develop resources/guidance, and we are grateful for all the suggestions and good practice examples provided by Fellows and Members to date. If you are aware of existing resources or new initiatives that could appear in this document please contact quality@rcem.ac.uk. Download the Service Delivery and Workforce Toolkit.
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine Standards page contains resources including clinical sign off and information on sepsis.
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine's role in the local appointment of Consultants, via the Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC) process.
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