A and E Assessment Unit

If your doctor has referred you to either the medical or surgical team for review, you will be admitted to the assessment unit behind the A and E Department. Here you will receive a full assessment coordinated between a member of nursing staff and a doctor.

If you have presented yourself to hospital, you will need to book in at the A and E reception. If a decision is made to admit you to the assessment unit you may be asked to sit back in the waiting area until a bed becomes available.

If an ambulance has brought you to the hospital the crew will bring you directly to the assessment unit where dependent on bed availability you will be allocated a bed. If the unit is full you will be taken into an A and E cubicle.

Once allocated a bed, the nursing staff will commence a full assessment. In order of priority you will then be seen by a doctor. Tests will be carried out and results reviewed. The doctor may wish to either admit or discharge you. If you are to be admitted you will stay in the unit until a bed becomes available on a ward.