TY - JOUR T1 - The Strategic Health Authorities’ Emergency Services Review JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 2 LP - 2 DO - 10.1136/emj.2009.086579 VL - 27 IS - 1 AU - Geoff Hughes Y1 - 2010/01/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/27/1/2.abstract N2 - In August 2009 the Office of the Strategic Health Authorities (OHSA) (www.osha.nhs.uk) published the results of its commissioned Emergency Services Review, the aim being to review recent performances of the emergency services and identify and then adopt best practice for the future. The OHSA has released several documents, each with its own unique bold colour that catches the eye. The documents are, in order:System resilience – a review of NHS emergency care performance during recent wintersGood practice guide for ambulance services and their commissionersEmergency access algorithmGood practice in delivering emergency care – a guide for local health communitiesIntensive support diagnostic toolkit – tools and user guideA comparative review of international ambulance service best practiceArguably the most interesting for international readers is the last … ER -