Emergency measures

Article Abstract:

The Royal College of Nursing and the Department of Health in the UK agree that there is too much pressure on resources in National Health Service accident and emergency (A&E) departments, but also that there is no easy solution. While a working party will produce a review of measures used by trusts to ease the burden of admissions in A&E departments, one trust, the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust, has stated that it will close its A&E department to new admissions if admissions rise to too high a level.

Emergency medical services, Medical care utilization, Hospitals, Hospital emergency services

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Quality time

Article Abstract:

The UK government launched a white paper on quality of care in the National Health Service in Jul 1998. Proposals include a scheme to make trust boards accountable for quality of care, and the introduction of guidelines for clinical effectiveness which will be enforced by the Commission for Health Improvement. The white paper also includes proposals concerning professional development. The government has already introduced a requirement for trusts to publish their death rate figures for some medical conditions.

United Kingdom, Planning, United Kingdom. National Health Service, Health care reform

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Asylum seekers are 'new underclass.'

Article Abstract:

Asylum seekers in the UK often have very limited access to proper medical services. Their nutritional status can be very poor, and many are dispersed across the country in poor groups before there is time to assess them properly.

Health aspects, Refugees

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