Released 8 July 2024
Request:
- Since the start of 2021-22, has your trust enacted a ‘continuous pre-emptive flow’ model for A&E patients? Either based on or similar to the North Bristol model of care.
- If so, please describe how the ‘continuous flow’ model works at your trust – detailing whether this applies just to your Type 1 emergency departments, or your Type 3 departments as well.
- In which month and year was this first enacted?
- Is the model still in use now? If not, why not?
- If not, do you have plans to enact such a model in the next six months?
Information disclosed:
- The A&E Department at the Royal Sussex County Hospital site enacted a version of continuous flow on 11th June 2024. This was not based on the North Bristol model; the model is adapted from the process followed at the Northern Care Alliance.
- Type 1 Emergency Department; the number of patients who move based on the average discharge profile across the medical wards (12), and they are transferred at 30min intervals from 08:00 – 13:30, Monday to Friday only. Patients are identified from a ‘ward waiting list’ and transferred in priority order if more than two patients are waiting for a bed in that area. Due to the recent nature of the change, there is significant input from project managers, and a daily PDSA safety huddle has been overseeing necessary changes to improve the quality of the process.
- 11 June 2024
- Yes
- Not applicable
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