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       What is the impact on patients using acute cardiology service?
       By: admini5 Date: May 20, 2015, 7:55 am
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       These service developments have led to increased benefits for
       patients by reducing inpatient moves, ensuring that the right
       patient is in the right place and also reducing infection risks.
       This can be demonstrated by a 29% reduction in GP and 999 chest
       pain admissions through the Emergency Department (ED) within the
       first year of the CPAU being operational.
       This improved patient flow and reduction in ED admissions has
       led to an improvement in the door and call to balloon times for
       patients, with the RBFT reporting the quickest times for a 24/7
       PPCI centre (National MINAP Report 2010). These reduced times
       result in improved patient outcomes, including reduced
       mortality.
       There has also been a reduction in bed days since the
       introduction of the nurse-led ETT out of hour’s service, with 32
       bed days saved from April to June 2011. This has benefitted
       patients by expediting their medical treatment/management and/or
       facilitating earlier discharge.
       All patients within cardiology have access to a senior medical
       clinician on a daily basis for decision making regarding
       treatment and discharge. Furthermore, this access to senior
       clinical medical opinion is extended to all patients with a
       cardiology referral on a daily basis, throughout the hospital.
       For further information go to:
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