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Key emergency care documents
Major publications in the Reforming Emergency Care strategy and other key emergency care documents
The National Education and Competence Framework for Advanced Critical Care Practitioners
The purpose of the document is to share progress that has been made within the National Practitioner Programme - Critical Care Project with regards to the Advanced Critical Care Practitioner (CCP) role
Adult Critical Care: Specialist Pharmacy Practice
Published: 01/07/2005
This document describes guidance on the practice, skills and experience needed by pharmacists wishing to specialise in the adult critical care area.
Bed Management
A good practice guide looking at aspects of predicting and planning for emergency care workload.
Clinical Exceptions to the four hour Emergency Care Target
This paper has been developed by the Department of Health's clinical advisers in conjunction with senior representatives of the British Association for Accident and Emergency Medicine, the Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine and the Royal College of Nursing Emergency Care Association. It represents the final and agreed version of the draft published for consultation on 11 September 2003.
Comprehensive Critical Care - a review of adult critical care services
Published: 01/05/2000
Sets out the key findings and recommendations of the critical care expert group set up by the DH.
Critical Care Outreach 2003 - progress in developing services
Published: 01/10/2003
Emergency care networks
A framework clarifying their purpose, including suggestions on their membership and terms of reference.
The Emergency Care Practitioner Report - Right Skill, Right Time, Right Place
Published: 02/11/2004 - Addendum added 13/12/2004
The Emergency Care Practitioner (ECP) Report illustrates the development of the ECP role in the management of patients who require emergency (unscheduled) care. It raises awareness of the ECP role and its potential impact on whole systems unscheduled care reform. The report refers to current practices that can be adopted/adapted locally in regards to the development of ECPs.
Emergency multilingual phrasebook
Published: 01/02/2004
Produced and updated by the British Red Cross Society with advice and funding from the DH.
Modern Matrons - improving the patient's experience
Proposals for extending the modern matron role to A&E departments.
Neuroscience Critical Care Report - Progress in Developing Services
(August 2004) The NHS Modernisation Agency has produced The Neuroscience Critical Care Report, which includes examples of good practice in the field of emergency care.
The recruitment and retention of staff in critical care
Published: 04/06/2004
The Recruitment and Retention of Staff in Critical Care provides case studies on how staff working in critical care units/hospitals have tried to overcome the problems facing the workforce. The initiatives provided can be adopted/adapted according to local settings.
Reforming Emergency Care
The Emergency Department: Medicine and Surgery Interface Problems and Solutions
A joint document of the Royal College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Physicians, the Faculty of Accident and Emergency Department; the British Association for Emergency Medicine, and the Department of Health’s National Clinical Director for Emergency Access Professor Sir George Alberti. The four organisations joined Sir George to discuss the issues highlighted by the recent four-hour wait emergency target and produce a set of recommendations covering the Department of Health; Strategic Health Authorities; NHS Trusts; and individual managers and clinicians.
Reforming Emergency Care edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, March 2003
Reforming Emergency Care - practical steps
A joint document of the Royal College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Physicians, the Faculty of Accident and Emergency Department; the British Association for Emergency Medicine, and the Department of Health's National Clinical Director for Emergency Access Professor Sir George Alberti. The four organisations joined Sir George to discuss the issues highlighted by the recent four-hour wait emergency target and produce a set of recommendations covering the Department of Health; Strategic Health Authorities; NHS Trusts; and individual managers and clinicians.
Reforming emergency care: first steps to a new approach
Launches the strategy for modernising emergency care, setting out key targets and principles.
Quality Critical Care: Beyond 'Comprehensive Critical Care': A report by the Critical Care Stakeholder Forum
This Guide, produced by the Critical Care Stakeholder Forum provides examples of good practice in the delivery and organisation of adult critical care services. It describes features of a high quality, patient focussed service with examples of how this can be achieved.
Transforming emergency care in England
Published: 26/10/2004
Report on progress in improvement in the delivery of emergency care for people in England over 2003 and 2004: also provides an early sight of the strategic direction of emergency and urgent care.
Workforce Planning for Critical Care - a rapid review of the literature (1990-2003)
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