TY - JOUR T1 - Using the principles of ‘same day emergency care’ in our new acute medical unit JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - s81 LP - s81 DO - 10.7861/fhj.7.1.s81 VL - 7 IS - Suppl 1 AU - Shaznin Visanji AU - Holly Lyne AU - Alexandra Phillips AU - Hazel Gilbert AU - Zachary Ferguson AU - Amber Hawksley AU - Robert Barker Y1 - 2020/02/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/7/Suppl_1/s81.abstract N2 - In January 2019, Barnet Hospital opened the new acute medical unit (AMU), which uses the objectives and aims set out by NHS Improvement ‘same-day emergency care’ (SDEC).1 The ambulatory emergency clinic (AEC) forms part of the new AMU, as a clinic for those patients ‘fit to sit’, to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions in clinically stable, ambulatory patients.The principles of SDEC were used to answer the question: ‘Why does it take so long for general practitioner (GP) expected patients to be discharged?’The objective was to determine any factors that lead to a delay … ER -