title: A new era for emergency care services in Ireland.
abstract: The National Emergency Medicine Programme Strategy is a comprehensive plan to improve and develop emergency care in Ireland. It recommends significant changes in how emergency care is organised and delivered so that patients can be confident that they will receive high quality, safe and timely care. Emergency nurses were involved in developing aspects of the strategy document and will play a crucial role in its implementation to ensure that patient outcomes and satisfaction with emergency care services in Ireland are improved.
authors.affiliation: Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Unit, National Emergency Medicine Programme.
authors.forename: Susanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Byrne
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Small
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: McDaid
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forde
authors.forename: Una
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Geary
authors.forename: Sinead
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D013222:State Medicine