Table 1.

Medical conditions suggested as suitable for same day emergency care

Condition	Considerations
Abnormal liver function tests^a	Requires access to appropriate imaging modalities
Anaemia^a	Requires access to appropriate pathways for investigation of underlying cause
Ascites^a	Requires access to appropriate imaging modalities for assessment, and procedural skills for management
Cellulitis (limb)^a	May require pathways for outpatient intravenous antibiotic therapy Severe cases may require admission
Diabetes^a	Requires exclusion of diabetic ketoacidosis/hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state
End-of-life care^a	Requires access to specialist multidisciplinary care Requires appropriate facilities for patient comfort and privacy Requires consideration of patient wishes
Falls including syncope or collapse^a	Requires exclusion of significant underlying cardiovascular cause of fall or collapse Requires through assessment to exclude acute illness precipitating fall (that may necessitate hospital admission) Requires access to falls assessment and therapy services, and return to adequate mobility for discharge
First seizure/seizure in known epileptic^a	Requires full recovery from seizure
Gastroenteritis^a	May require period of intravenous treatment Requires appropriate infection control measures
Hypoglycaemia in patients on hypoglycaemic agents^a	Requires full recovery from hypoglycaemic episode
Inflammatory bowel disease^a	Symptoms and severity may necessitate inpatient care
Known oesophageal stenosis^a	Requires appropriate pathways for management
Lower respiratory tract infection^a	Requires identification of patients with higher mortality risk
Non-specific abdominal pain^b	Requires appropriate local pathways, including involvement of surgical specialties and access to appropriate imaging
Non-specific chest pain^b	Requires identification of high-risk patients with chest pain
PEG-related complications^a	Requires appropriately trained staff Dependent on local PEG reinsertion policy
Pleural effusion^a	Requires access to appropriate imaging modalities for assessment, and procedural skills for management
Transient ischaemic attack (TIA)^a	May be appropriately managed through outpatient pathways, eg dedicated TIA clinic
Venous thromboembolism including deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism (PE)^a	Requires identification of instability and raised mortality risk in suspected PE Access to appropriate imagining pathways

↵^aDenotes conditions where NHS Ambulatory Emergency Care Network estimates ≥60% patients likely to be suitable for SDEC;¹²
↵^bdenotes 'urgent care sensitive' conditions.⁴⁶ Surgical, obstetric/gynaecological, or mental health related conditions have not been included here.