A centralized service delivered from a secure site and with adjacent general medical practitioner services was developed using nurse-led triage.
All of the four offer between 25-40% of their appointments as same day appointments and two of them make use of formal triage.
Conclusions Among the participants interviewed, patient satisfaction with the out-of-hours triage service in Chester is very high.
Evaluation The results of the change of triage in practice were then presented to the clinic.
For some practices the GP triage only comes into effect when all bookable slots are taken.
Health visitors may provide similar services for children and often provide telephone triage to advise mothers.
Level 2 triage assessment is not intended to be a comprehensive assessment.
Other front line nurses were trained to perform triage to the Emergency Nurse Practitioner or doctor.
Sample groups The sample group was taken from those patients who received nurse triage advice alone in the Chester City area.
The first algorithm is for diagnostic triage, which includes red flags for possible serious spinal pathology and nerve root problems.
The London Ambulance Service conducted triage of casualties by personnel in appropriate personal protective equipment.
The new service will be far bigger and triage patients across the three PCT areas.
The Red Cross didn't stop with immediate triage of disaster victims.
The service is now using a telephone triage system to assess some patients ' needs.
The triage nurse will keep people in the waiting room informed of any change in the waiting time.
The triage system led to a mean increase of 1.7 minutes per patient in time taken to manage SDA requests.
They are given the usual A & E triage categories to determine their priority.
They said I had to do the triage so I had no choice.
This model places a triage clinic within selected GP practices.
Triage of appropriate patients to more specialized ward based care has increased.