{"title":"Editorial - Emergency Departments Corridors are the new Acute Medical Units.","authors":"Tim Cooksley","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The NHS and social care services remain under immense pressure. Each part of the system continues to experience demand beyond its capacity which exacerbates the problem. This is most vividly illustrated in urgent and emergency care. Once again, this winter, media is full of pictures of patients in corridors; long queues of ambulances outside of emergency departments and stories of horrific patient experiences: reflecting the appalling situation witnessed and practiced by acute medical teams daily.</p>","PeriodicalId":39743,"journal":{"name":"Acute Medicine","volume":"23 4","pages":"170-171"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acute Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The NHS and social care services remain under immense pressure. Each part of the system continues to experience demand beyond its capacity which exacerbates the problem. This is most vividly illustrated in urgent and emergency care. Once again, this winter, media is full of pictures of patients in corridors; long queues of ambulances outside of emergency departments and stories of horrific patient experiences: reflecting the appalling situation witnessed and practiced by acute medical teams daily.
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These are usually commissioned by the editorial team in accordance with a cycle running over several years. Authors wishing to submit a review relevant to Acute Medicine are advised to contact the editor before writing this. Unsolicited review articles received for consideration may be included if the subject matter is considered of interest to the readership, provided the topic has not already been covered in a recent edition. Review articles are usually 3000-5000 words and may include tables, pictures and other figures as required for the text. Include 3 or 4 ‘key points’ summarising the main teaching messages.