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The Emergency Department (ED) is the "front door" of the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
It is designed to provide one access point for all emergency patients who require the facilities of a District General Hospital. The Emergency Department operates 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year, providing emergency care to over 78000 patients per year and covers a wide geographical area, including parts of Essex, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
The Acute Inpatient Therapy Team is made up of Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists providing a service to inpatients at Princess Alexandra Hospital.
Our aims are to:
Minimise the effects of physical impairment
Work with patients, their family and carers, to restore optimum function, activity and independence
Plan and implement safe and effective discharge from the acute hospital environment.
Work within Multidisciplinary teams to achieve a holistic approach to patient care.
Deliver a patient focused multidisciplinary pathway linking effectively into Primary Care Trusts and community organisations to provide a seamless service.
Publicly funded
- free at point of access
This Service was mapped by Eastern Region ABI. See HERE for more information
Patient description
Medically unstable – requires general but not neurosurgical critical care.
Sites
Major Trauma Centre/ Trauma Unit/Acute Hospital
Description of rehabilitation input
Identifying and addressing early rehab goals before medically stable and transfer of care to rehab team
Patient description
Needs in-patient care due to physical dependency, or the need for specialist therapy equipment, a safe environment, supervision, or intensity of therapy, in a unit with the expertise and experience in rehabilitation of a condition (Level 1)which cannot be provided in a local specialist centre or in the community (Level 2) which cannot be provided in the community.
Sites
Level 1: Regional specialized centre Level 2: Local specialist centre, Acute or community hospital
Description of rehabilitation input
Needs inpatient care due to physical dependency, or need for specialist therapy equipment, safe environment, supervision or intensity of therapy which cannot be provided in community
Level 3B (local non-specialist rehabilitation services): Treat patients with Category D needs and can be led by non-medical staff
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow
Location and Contact detailsPrincess Alexandra Hospital Hamstel Road Harlow Essex CM20 1QX Telephone: 01279 444455 Email: communications@pah.nhs.uk http://www.pah.nhs.uk/ |
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Further Details
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust is located in Harlow, Essex and is a 489 bedded District General Hospital providing a comprehensive range of safe and reliable acute and specialist services to a local population of 258,000 people.The Emergency Department (ED) is the "front door" of the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
It is designed to provide one access point for all emergency patients who require the facilities of a District General Hospital. The Emergency Department operates 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year, providing emergency care to over 78000 patients per year and covers a wide geographical area, including parts of Essex, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
The Acute Inpatient Therapy Team is made up of Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists providing a service to inpatients at Princess Alexandra Hospital.
Our aims are to:
Minimise the effects of physical impairment
Work with patients, their family and carers, to restore optimum function, activity and independence
Plan and implement safe and effective discharge from the acute hospital environment.
Work within Multidisciplinary teams to achieve a holistic approach to patient care.
Deliver a patient focused multidisciplinary pathway linking effectively into Primary Care Trusts and community organisations to provide a seamless service.
Services available
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This service adheres to the following Regulatory Frameworks / is affiliated to the following bodies:
Referrals can be made by
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How are services paid for?
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Typical duration that a service is offered
No DataThis Service was mapped by Eastern Region ABI. See HERE for more information
Services available are defined by the following EHIG Rehabilitation Codes
For an explanation of the codings please click hereMEDICAL TREATMENT IN HOSPITAL
[Code 20]Patient description
Medically unstable – requires general but not neurosurgical critical care.
Sites
Major Trauma Centre/ Trauma Unit/Acute Hospital
Description of rehabilitation input
Identifying and addressing early rehab goals before medically stable and transfer of care to rehab team
REHAB IN HOSPITAL
[Code 40]Patient description
Needs in-patient care due to physical dependency, or the need for specialist therapy equipment, a safe environment, supervision, or intensity of therapy, in a unit with the expertise and experience in rehabilitation of a condition (Level 1)which cannot be provided in a local specialist centre or in the community (Level 2) which cannot be provided in the community.
Sites
Level 1: Regional specialized centre Level 2: Local specialist centre, Acute or community hospital
Description of rehabilitation input
Needs inpatient care due to physical dependency, or need for specialist therapy equipment, safe environment, supervision or intensity of therapy which cannot be provided in community
This service is defined by the NMDS (National Minimum Data Set) codes as:
For an explanation of the NMDS, please click hereLevel 3B (local non-specialist rehabilitation services): Treat patients with Category D needs and can be led by non-medical staff
