15 October 2015

Organisation of specialties in acute care - RCP

Consultant physicians working with patients 5 ed
Royal College Physicians October 2015
  • Information for healthcare commissioning and service organisation of 28 medical specialties within the UK. 
  • Updated to reflect the changes in the NHS commissioning arrangements since the enactment of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. 
  • For each speciality includes 
    • main disease patterns
    • organisation of the service and patterns of referral
    • community models of care
    • interspecialty and interdisciplinary liaison
    • specialty and national guidelines
    • follow-up ratios
    • workforce requirements
    • key points for commissioners