Fast-tracking older people through A&E.
This article explores the concept and feasibility of fast-tracking older people through A&E services to enable appropriate admission and quality responsive patient care. It illustrates how an academic assignment undertaken as part of a pre-registration programme could be adapted for publication to challenge thinking and encourage examination of potential new ways of working.
Cherry
J
J
St Thomas' Hospital, London.
Reid
J
J
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