All eligible acute trusts with a type 1 accident and emergency (A&E) Department have front-door primary clinical streaming services in place. Clinical streaming triages patients on arrival and directs them to a clinically appropriate service and clinician.<\/p>
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Patient streaming to other services can include on site primary care, same day emergency care services, mental health services and urgent treatment centres.<\/p>
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As part of the Spring 2017 statement, the Chancellor announced £100 million ringfenced capital funding for up to 100 new triage projects at English hospitals to support the delivery of primary care streaming in all A&Es by October 2017, as a component of improving performance against the operational standard of at least, 95% of patients attending A&E to be admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1585", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Hammond"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wimbledon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Hammond"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-11T13:56:42.177Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-02-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Accident and Emergency Departments"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to introduce screening questions to patients at A&E Departments to reduce waiting times.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1597", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for David Simpson"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Upper Bann"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "David Simpson"} ], "uin" : "216184"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1054682", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1054682/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Repeated concussions or blows to the head have been linked to serious problems, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). CTE is a type of dementia and is particularly associated with contact sports, such as boxing or American football.<\/p>
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides the guidance on \u2018head injury: assessment and early management\u2019, last updated in June 2017. This provides information on minor brain injuries (concussion), as well and the early management of head injuries and information for the public.<\/p>
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Advice and further information on concussion and CTE can be found via the NICE and NHS websites at the following links:<\/p>
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www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg176<\/a><\/p> <\/p> www.nhs.uk/conditions/concussion/<\/a><\/p> <\/p> www.nhs.uk/conditions/chronic-traumatic-encephalopathy/<\/a><\/p>"}
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