Box 4.

Services which can be linked to ambulatory care

> Chronic obstructive disease outreach
> Pleural diseases clinics
> Rapid access chest pain clinics
> Transient ischaemic attack/stroke clinics
> Epilepsy clinic
> Pain management service
> Functional assessment and support teams
> Diabetes nurse specialist
> Falls clinic
> Macmillan nurses
> Outpatient parenteral antibiotics team
> Home parenteral antibiotics team
> Endoscopy services
> Heart failure team
> Mental health liaison team