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Optimising Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Resourcing

Discrete Event Simulation (DES)
Emergency Departments
NHS 10-year plan shifts: Hospital to Community
Author
Affiliation

Hannah Thould

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

This project will model Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) and Emergency Department (ED) pathways at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.

The project aims to use Discrete Event Simulation to ascertain

  1. optimum parameters for SDEC and ED pathways
  2. the effect of different doctor numbers
  3. the optimum size for SDEC
Note10-year plan Alignment

“NHS 10-year plan shifts: Hospital to Community”: modelling optimum SDEC sizing and staffing to support same-day emergency care, helping patients avoid unnecessary overnight hospital admission.