Admission process in the NHS (medicine)
The admission process of a patient in the NHS I am going to use an example of community acquired pneumonia and then stable chest pain as an example to explain the admission process of a patient. I have used medicine as an example just because I know this pathway well ( please note that this may differ from trust to trust and from specialty to specialty). This is to give you a general idea. PRIMARY CARE (General Practice- GP) https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/general-practitioner-gp/general-practice-gp https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/gps/ These healthcare professionals provide consultations for patients who are relatively stable. For example, if I develop a cough and am bring up yellow phlegm, have a fever but do not feel very breathless, I will call my GP and arrange an appointment. They will assess me and then decide whether this warrants antibiotics. They will then get me a prescription and I will collect it from my local pharmacy ( https://www...