title: Bed management. Very model of a modern major general.
abstract: Allocating bed management to a team of nurses providing a 24-hour service has helped free beds and increased admissions at an inner-city hospital. The team's 24-hour presence has reduced persistent out-of-hours problems. Since the team has been in operation, the number of times ambulances have to be diverted to other hospitals has been reduced.
authors.affiliation: Homerton Hospital.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Eamer
mesh_terms: D001513:Beds / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006767:Hospitals, District / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008131:London; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009746:Nursing, Team; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010343:Patient Admission