Early warning scores for emergency admissions

Cooper, Nicola MRCP

SpR and Honorary Lecturer in Medicine, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Great George Street, Leeds, UK

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ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE

Dr N Cooper, Room 15, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK. Tel/fax: +44 (0)113 2432799; email: [email protected]

Received 9 July 2004

Accepted 17 September 2004

Quality in Primary Care 13(1):p 9-11, 2005.

Recent Department of Health reports and the increasing number of emergency admissions mean that our systems need to change so that patients who are seriously ill get the care they need. Collaboration between primary and secondary care trusts is needed to improve systems for the care of the sick patient at the time of admission.