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Emergency care useful links
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Last modified date:9 May 2008
Other key organisations in emergency care and emergency care reform.
Healthcare Commission
The Healthcare Commission is the independent inspection body for the NHS.
College of Emergency Medicine (CEM)
The College is established to advance education and research in Emergency Medicine.The College is responsible for setting standards of training and administering examinations in Emergency Medicine for the award of Fellowship and Membership of the College as well as recommending trainees for CCT in Emergency Medicine. The College works to ensure high quality care by setting and monitoring standards of care, and providing expert guidance and advice on policy to relevant bodies on matters relating to Emergency Medicine.
Ambulance Service Association (ASA)
The ASA brings together all NHS ambulance services throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, as well as the public sector ambulance services of Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man and Gibraltar.
Intensive Care Society (ISC)
The ISC was founded in 1970 to bring together clinicians whose main interest is caring for critically ill patients. Membership includes anaesthetists, surgeons and physicians.
Emergency Services Collaborative (ESC)
Access to guidance, case studies and other information to help trusts implement the emergency care reforms and meet the four-hour A&E target.
Emergency care specialist library
The National Electronic Library for Health is developing a dedicated emergency care area.
Additional links
Bed capacity ready reckoner
A simple desktop Ready Reckoner has been developed specifically for operational managers enabling you to predict whether you will have sufficient beds or a bed shortage on any particular day, allowing you to take pre-emptive management action to prevent a beds crisis.
Emergency Medical and Surgical Admissions guidance
This document provides best practice guidance on emergency medical and surgical assessment and admission as well as the supporting processes that need to be in place. These guidelines aim to extend the high quality of care seen within the A&E department to the rest of the emergency pathway within the hospital and will also contribute toward further embedding the operational standard.
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