AMBULANCE SERVICE (SAS) Intervention & Accountability Intervention & Accountability Intervention & Intervention & Accountability Accountability All Amber interventions completed. The Capacity Manager / Site Manager or Duty General interventions All interventions Manager will contact Executive on call, who will trigger contingency planning team meeting. completed completed Establish bed Contingency planning team convened within ONE hour in DGRI Request assistance availability out of area from Social Work Senior management to Received status report from Capacity Manager / Site Manager or Duty General Manager department identify resources Inform all agencies of alert status Cancel transport for available for purchasing Identify private sector capacity for transfer delayed discharged patients non-essential additional beds Utilise all available transport (e.g.) Local Authority provision outpatients.(contact Centralized control over Medical Director to lead on prioritising patients for:- clinics with details deployment of available Discharge from all specialties including all electives admitted that day and clinics to contact home care resources in patients both in-house and Cancellation of prioritised urgent surgical list Request staff to work independent sectors Cancellation of elective admissions for the following day overtime Medical Director will discuss with on Call Consultants the temporary use of stay ward capacity Redeployment of theatre/recovery staff Release statement to press/media Capacity must be maintained in ED at all times to receive trolley bound emergency patients Contingency Planning Team
AMBULANCE SERVICE (SAS) Intervention & Accountability Intervention & Accountability Intervention & Accountability Intervention & Accountability All Amber interventions completed. The Capacity Manager / Site Manager or Duty General Manager will contact Executive on call, who will trigger contingency planning team meeting. Contingency planning team convened within ONE hour in DGRI Received status report from Capacity Manager / Site Manager or Duty General Manager Inform all agencies of alert status Identify private sector capacity for transfer delayed discharged patients Utilise all available transport (e.g.) Local Authority provision Medical Director to lead on prioritising patients for:- Discharge from all specialties including all electives admitted that day Cancellation of prioritised urgent surgical list Cancellation of elective admissions for the following day Medical Director will discuss with on Call Consultants the temporary use of stay ward capacity Redeployment of theatre/recovery staff Release statement to press/media Capacity must be maintained in ED at all times to receive trolley bound emergency patients interventions completed Request assistance from Social Work department Cancel transport for non-essential outpatients.(contact clinics with details and clinics to contact patients Request staff to work overtime All interventions completed Establish bed availability out of area Senior management to identify resources available for purchasing additional beds Centralized control over deployment of available home care resources in both in-house and independent sectors Contingency Planning Team
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