Published Online First: 11 September 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.122283
Archives of Disease in Childhood 2008;93:194-195
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Children in UK emergency departments
Ffion Davies
Correspondence to:
Dr Ffion Davies, Emergency Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK; Ffion.davies@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
Accepted for publication 4 September 2007
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Healthcare provision for acutely unwell or injured children in the UK is changing fast. Paediatric emergency medicine (PEM) is now a recognised subspeciality for certification of completion of training for consultants in either paediatrics or emergency medicine. Facilities for children in emergency departments (EDs) have improved since 2000 (following central government funding). At the same time the case mix of children attending EDs is changing, with less serious illness or injury and more children with minor, self-limiting conditions being brought by parents and carers who find the lottery of primary care arrangements confusing, inaccessible or inadequate (particularly out of hours).
Add to this the political changes which include the 4 h emergency target, Modernising Medical Careers, the European Working Time Directive effects on doctors rotas, continuing reconfiguration of services towards centralisation of specialist services (which affects EDs and paediatric units), and Payment by Results tariffs which can result in some . . . [Full text of this article]
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