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Medical Assessment/Admission and Weekday IUC Professional Line

Checked: 23-03-2021 by Vicky Ryan Next Review: 22-03-2023

Acute Adult Medical Assessment/Admissions

Please consider HOT Clinics or Rapid Access Clinics as an alternative to admission if this is appropriate.

If you wish to discuss an adult medical patient at risk of admission to hospital, please call the Weekday IUC Professional Line on 0117 2449283 - open Monday to Friday 08:00 - 18:30 (not bank holidays). If not available then see Medical Admissions in out of hours section below.

Please see the Weekday IUC Professional Line poster.

It is important to try to ensure that your patient arrives at hospital as early as possible. This will mean that if they don't require admission, they more likely to be able to go home the same day AND less likely to experience long waits.

The Weekday IUC Professional Line is a service run by Brisdoc Healthcare Services which is commissioned to take requests for all acute MEDICAL assessments/admissions for adults (aged 16 years and over) from community healthcare practitioners to the Acute Trusts in the BNSSG area (BRI, Weston & NBT). It replaces the former service AGPT (Acute GP Team) and its predecessors GPSU and GPST.

The service is staffed by a team of GPs with experience in Acute Medicine and a highly experienced Nurse Advisor. Our team is well equipped to offer advice on acute medical management, alternative care pathways or to arrange a same day assessment at one of the Acute Trusts.

Surgical Admissions please go the Surgical Ambulatory Care page

Frail older patients - see the Frailty - urgent care page for information on how to access a geriatrican to get advice regarding patients threatening admission.

Paediatric Medical Admissions

For paediatric admissions (children aged under 16 years of age) please see the Children's Urgent Care page.

Medical Admissions in the Out of Hours period

Evenings & overnight (18:30 - 08:00 Monday to Friday),

Weekends (18:30 Friday - 08:00 Monday),

Bank holidays.

NBT - Operational hub 0117 4140700

BRI - Medical SpR via BRI switchboard 0117 9230000

Weston General Hospital - Medical SpR via WGH switchboard 01934 636363

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