title: Monitoring service development through audit.
abstract: Comparative audits can be used as important tools for shaping service provision. Short stay facilities offer a more flexible and efficient approach to managing acute paediatric referrals. Users and providers views of the service are important. Children can be safely observed and discharged with parents empowered to continue care. Appropriate support systems should be in place in order to provide an ambulatory service.
authors.affiliation: Child Health, Burnley Health Care NHS Trust, Lancashire, United Kingdom.
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authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009731:Nursing Audit; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D006113:United Kingdom