FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI/00806
- Request Date
- February 9, 2016
- Subject
- Processes used within A&E Department
- Description
1. Do you use an A&E management system to manage patient flow/data during their time in A&E?
2. If so, what system do you use?
3. If no system, are there plans to introduce one, if so, when?
4. Is the current process you follow largely paper-based or electronic or both?
5. How many A&E related locations do you manage e.g. A&E, AMU, MIU?
6. Have you had any major challenges e.g. breaches etc. within A&E due to data quality or process flow problems?
7. Is your system fully integrated with the Trust PAS, EPR/Portal, order communications system and EDRM (if applicable)
8. Could you please provide figures for the last 3 years:
Number of patients per month
Average waiting time per month
Number of 4 hour waiting breaches per month
Number of patients waiting for more than 12 hours in the department per month
- Response
1.Yes
2. ALERT
3. N/A
4. Largely electronic with some papers accumulated.
5. A&E
6. No, unless system is down.
7. Yes
8. The above figures are published by NHS England.