title: Creating teams for acute clinical services.
abstract: This article discusses how a project group at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, developed four multiprofessional teams that can provide first responses for acutely ill inpatients on both of the trust's hospital sites, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
authors.affiliation: Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hamilton-Fairley
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hendron
authors.forename: Chinyama
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Okunuga
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D039602:After-Hours Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D054869:Clinical Audit; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration