New urgent care pilot grows from Sunderland trial success

A new project which aims to map out urgent care pathways across the North East launched this week. The Urgent Care Pathway Development Project has grown from the success of North East Ambulance Service’s Paramedic Pathfinder trial, which has helped more than 2,000 patients avoid lengthy A&E delays since its launch in September 2016 by successfully referring to alternative care providers such as GPs, urgent care centres and the Recovery at Home team. Paramedic Pathfinder trained North East Ambulance ...