TY - JOUR T1 - Short-stay facilities in accident and emergency departments for children. JF - Archives of Emergency Medicine JO - Arch Emerg Med SP - 177 LP - 180 DO - 10.1136/emj.10.3.177 VL - 10 IS - 3 AU - T F Beattie AU - J Ferguson AU - P A Moir Y1 - 1993/09/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/10/3/177.abstract N2 - This paper assesses short stay ward facilities for children in the United Kingdom. The results of a postal questionnaire indicate that 50% of departments surveyed have a short-stay ward. Of these 25% admit small numbers of children. These are mainly children who have sustained trauma-related problems. The potential role of paediatric short-stay ward facilities is discussed. ER -