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Emergency and acute medical care in over 16s: service delivery and organisation - NICE Guideline

This guideline covers organising and delivering emergency and acute medical care for people aged over 16 in the community and in hospital.

Emergency and acute medical care in over 16s: service delivery and organisation aims to reduce the need for hospital admissions by giving advanced training to paramedics and providing community alternatives to hospital care. It also promotes good-quality care in hospital and joint working between health and social services.

Recommendations

The guideline includes recommendations on:

Who is it for?

  • Commissioners and providers of health and social care
  • Health and social care practitioners
  • People with or at risk of a medical emergency or acute illness, and their families and carers