Guidance and competences for the provision of services using practitioners with special interests: urgent and emergency care

May 11, 2009

Source: Department of Health

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Date of publication: March 2009

Publication type: Report

In a nutshell:  This document describes different models of care and provides information about the competences, training, accreditation and assessment processes to support the accreditation of Practitioners with Special Interests (PwSIs) in Urgent and Emergency Care .
 
Length of publication: 30 pages

Some important notes: This document should be read in conjunction with Implementing care closer to home: Convenient quality care for patients .  For Commissioners, this should be read in conjunction with the World Class Commissioning Assurance Framework and associated competencies.
 
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