1. The NHS Trust and location (City, Town, or suburb) of all currently operational SDECs (highlighting whether they are permanent buildings, temporary/mobile units or refurbished existing estates) at your Trust.
Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit (AECU) - permanent area on RBH site
Older Persons Rapid Assessment Unit (OPRA) - permanent area on RBH site
2. The NHS Trust and location (City, Town, or suburb) of all planned permanent, temporary or refurbished SDECs that are not yet operational at your Trust.
East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, Blackburn. Planned refurbishment of former Coronary Care space into Urgent Treatment Centre is not yet operational.
3. What is the maximum patient occupancy of the SDEC (number of patients in chairs or number of patients in beds)?
AECU –
SDEC waiting room can hold up to 24 patients awaiting review. We operate out of a 10 room footprint. We use 3 rooms for triage, 4 rooms for clinician reviews and 3 rooms for treatments.
The three rooms for treatments has 2 recliner chairs in each, so we can administer treatments.
All rooms are adaptable to the needs of patients and service required and it can change and adapt daily.
OPRA –
8 clinical spaces
4. How many admissions does the SDEC manage each month (2024 data)?
· AECU – 1176
· OPRA – 211
· SAECU - 151
