Direct referrals from emergency department streaming to ambulatory care: improving same-day emergency care.

Same-day emergency care is one of the many ways the NHS is working to provide the right care, in the right place, at the right time for patients. It aims to benefit both patients and the healthcare system by reducing waiting times and unnecessary hospital admissions. In our organisation patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with common medical conditions like chest pain / shortness of breath (SOB), palpitations, headache, chest infection or deep vein thrombosis / pulmonary …