An Emergency Care Department is a Department.
Emergency Care Departments are one of three types.
- A Major Emergency Care Department is CONSULTANT led and must be a 24 hour, seven day SERVICE, with full resuscitation facilities and designated accommodation for the reception of PATIENTS requiring Emergency Care, including those arriving by Emergency Ambulance.
- A Mono-specialty Emergency Care Department is a CONSULTANT led mono-specialty (for example Ophthalmology, dentistry) Emergency Care SERVICE, with designated accommodation for the reception of PATIENTS requiring Emergency Care. This may include PATIENTS arriving by Emergency Ambulance, depending on local arrangements.
- An Urgent Treatment Centre is GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER led, open at least 12 hours every day, and offers appointments which can be booked via the NHS 111 Service or a GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER referral.
An Emergency Care Department may be part of a wider Urgent and Emergency Care Service within a Health Care Provider, and may be co-located with other related services such as Same Day Emergency Care facilities.
An Emergency Care Department does not provide Care Professional Admitted Care Episodes or use Hospital Beds, and does not run Out-Patient Clinics. Activity of this nature is recorded in the appropriate Commissioning Data Set type for Admitted Patient Care and Out-Patient Attendances.
This supporting information is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| plural | Emergency Care Departments |