Hospital and daycare units Flashcards
What types of services are provided in hospitals?
A hospital is a health care setting where patients receive treatment from specialised staff and equipment.
People with specialised health needs are referred to hospitals by their GP’s.
Hospitals provide emergency care via A&E Departments.
People who need health services have a right to choose which hospital they attend, which team of specialist doctors they seen (they cant choose the particular individual) and to be involved in decisions about their treatment.
What types of services are provided in day care units?
Staff in day care units may provide patients with an assessment of their health needs.
Surgery and other medical procedures may be carried out in daycare units.
They usually provide service which meet the health needs of older people, people with mental ill health or people with learning disabilities, and can also provide respite care.
Daycare units can be part of the NHS but some are privately run or are provided by charities.
What types of services are provided within secondary care and specialists?
Secondary care service are usually provided to referred patients by medical specialists. Secondary care is centralised and usually takes place in hospitals, some examples are:
A cardiologists, which treat diseases and illnesses of the heart and blood vessels
A urologists: Treat diseases and illnesses of the urinary tract.
A orthopaedic surgeons: treat injuries to, and disorders of the skeleton system.
Radiologists: treat illnesses using xrays MRI scans and other medical imaging techniques.
