What we are doing
The acute care toolkits are a series of resources to help improve the delivery of acute care. The toolkits look at current problems and suggest a range of recommendations for improving quality.
Current toolkits
- Acute care toolkit 7: Acute oncology on the acute medical unit (November 2023)
- Acute care toolkit 16: Acute medical care for people with a learning disability (April 2022)
- Acute care resource: End-of-life care in the acute care setting (February 2021)
- Acute care toolkit 3: Acute care for older people living with frailty (December 2020)
- Acute care toolkit 15: Managing acute medical problems in pregnancy (October 2019)
- Acute care toolkit 13: Acute care for adolescents and young adults (October 2015)
- Acute care toolkit 12: Acute kidney injury and intravenous fluid therapy (September 2015)
- Acute care toolkit 11: Using data to improve care (January 2015)
- Acute care toolkit 10: Ambulatory emergency care (October 2014)
- Acute care toolkit 8: The medical registrar on call (November 2013)
- Acute care toolkit 5: Teaching on the acute medical unit (November 2012)
- Acute care toolkit 4: Delivering a 12-hour, 7-day consultant presence on the acute medical unit (October 2012)
- Acute care toolkit 1: Handover (May 2011)
The following toolkits have been have been temporarily removed until they can be updated, as the guidance in them is known to be out of date:
- Acute care toolkit 2: High-quality acute care
- Acute care toolkit 6: The medical patient at risk
- Acute care toolkit 9: Sepsis.