Service update: January 2022

Quick access advice and guidance on ambulatory care is available by phone during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Ambulatory Care service offers same-day care to patients with acute medical conditions. Its role is to provide same-day access to urgent assessment and treatment avoiding the need for admission to hospital, for ambulant patients and those needing inpatient style care. The service is not pathway or condition led to ensure that all patients can be considered. All patients must be referred and clinically accepted by the ambulatory care team.

For deep vein thrombosis (DVT), depending on capacity in clinic and the time of day, a decision will be made on whether the patient can be seen in Same-Day Emergency Care or the Emergency Department for the primary investigations.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusions

• adults needing emergency care, referred by their GP

Exclusions

• patients who do not need urgent or emergency care