Review of urgent and emergency care services

The review looked at urgent and emergency care from the point that the need for care is identified up to the point that this need is resolved, for example, through treatment, reassurance, or admission to hospital. It also looked at what measures were in place for follow-up care once the need for urgent care had been met (for example, arranging for a falls assessment for an older person who has fallen at home).

Published September 2008

PARR case finding tool

The King’s Fund has released a ground-breaking software tool that helps PCTs use routine data to predict the risk of emergency re-admission to hospital. Many PCTs in England have found PARR very useful in their attempts to reduce emergency hospital admissions and allocate resources more effectively.