title: Hospital admissions. Just the ticket.
abstract: Pilot schemes for direct booking of hospital appointments have won support from the consultants involved. Skilled leadership has been crucial to managing changes that enable direct booking to be put into practice. The nursing role is central to the system, particularly in pre-operative assessment clinics. For direct booking to become widespread, management of all acute hospital resources will have to be reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Health Services Management Centre, Birmingham University.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meredith
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ham
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kipping
mesh_terms: D000289:Admitting Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom; D014850:Waiting Lists