INSIDE the emergency department | Patients access a primary care service within the emergency department. |
INSIDE: integrated | The primary care service is fully integrated with the emergency medicine service. |
INSIDE: parallel | There is a separate primary care service within the emergency department, for patients with primary care type problems. |
OUTSIDE the emergency department | Patients access a primary care service separate to the emergency department. |
OUTSIDE: on site | The primary care service is elsewhere on the hospital site. |
OUTSIDE: off site | The primary care service is off site (may include telephone advice via 111, or pharmacies, dentists, opticians, urgent care centres or registered in-hours or out-of-hours primary care services)*. |
*These services are distinct from emergency department provision so are not represented further in the taxonomy.