A key driver behind this model is the Trust's commitment to Acute Medicine, and optimising consultant-led care during peak demand hours to ensure the rapid assessment and treatment of acutely ill medical patients. A dedicated Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit (AEC) opened at Aintree in 2015. This allows same day treatment of ambulatory medical patients and hot clinics, which enables admission avoidance and early follow up of patients. We also continue to embed a rapid assessment process across the floor and support nursing and medical coordinators throughout the day with acute take board rounds on the Acute Medical Unit. Thisenables us to drive fonruard patient care and optimise patient flow through improved coordination and management of the medical take. These initiatives earned Acute Medicine the Team of the Year, and Proud of Aintree awards in November 2016. In February 2023, Acute Medicine relocated to a bespoke unit at the front door of the hospital alongside the Emergency Department, with the aim of optimising care for Acute Medicine patients. Senior clinical involvement is available 12 hours per day, 7 days per week and is provided currently by a combination of acute physicians and other physicians from within the Medical Division but it is envisaged that, with further appointments, this service will be provided by the Acute Medicine Directorate itself with in-reach services provided by the inpatient speciality teams.,
* Supervising and co-ordinating the admitting medical team to optimise efficiency of the acute medical take in the hospital.
* Provide a prompt senior opinion/assessment of acutely ill medical patients.
* Take responsibility for ensuring that appropriate triage and management is arranged for each patient and determining whether discharge home is appropriate, as well as identifying seriously ill patients who need immediate medical intervention
* Provision of consultant care for patients remaining on the AMU beyond 9am on the morning after admission until such time as they are either transferred to a medical ward or discharged from hospital. At present the morning ward rounds on the AMU are conducted in a formal way and rostered junior medical staff accompany the Consultant on the ward round within the limitations of service provision. lt is intended that all patients on the AMU are reviewed during this round and a management plan is agreed. An afternoon board round also occurs.
* Close supervision/support of the admitting medical team of the day, providing help with, for example, unusually difficult emergency procedures (for example resuscitation, central line placement, chest drain insertion etc) although experienced specialist registrars will more usually be responsible for these procedures.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
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