TY - JOUR T1 - Improving the quality of referrals to ambulatory emergency care JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 7 LP - 7 DO - 10.7861/futurehealth.6-2-s7 VL - 6 IS - Suppl 2 AU - Katherine Keaney AU - Annelies Sweeney AU - Shaznin Visanji AU - Amber Hawksley AU - Reginald Coleman Y1 - 2019/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/Suppl_2/7.abstract N2 - In January 2019, Barnet Hospital opened a new acute medical unit (AMU), which uses the objectives and aims set out by NHS Improvement's Same day emergency care.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 aim of this audit was to understand how the clinic was being utilised, prior to the new AMU opening. By identifying the most common reasons for referral and highlighting any unsuitable referrals, the community and medical teams were … ER -