Primary Care Urgent Same Day Access Service - Newham

Description

Primary Care Same Day Access Service has been identified as a critical service required across NEL to support the wider primary care and urgent care systems, ensuring that inappropriate and increased demand does not present at UTCs and Acute settings. This provision has met demand in the system that would otherwise put pressure upon already stretched Urgent & Emergency Care services during critical times and risk overwhelming them, causing quality risks to patients. It has been identified that managing exacerbations of chronic conditions within Primary Care is also more effective for residents as opposed to attending acute or urgent care provision and leads to a more joined up approach to managing population health.