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Working alongside the acute physicians on the Medical SDEC: a dedicated space for patients to be appropriately assessed, close to the Emergency Department and with strong links with health and community services Working alongside the Integrated Virtual Ward team to provide an holistic approach to patient treatment planning and care. Providing a dedicated frailty service enabling multi-professional and inter-agency assessments of needs of people with complex needs and frailty. Support an MDT approach to urgent care to provide a better experience for the patients Deliver advice to enable ongoing care in the community and support discharge from the Emergency Department Support the advanced care team in community Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs, includes Cumberland, Tavistock and Kingsbridge) to develop and deliver care in line with published guidance Medical SDEC aims to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and to get patients back home/into the community Reduces unnecessary delays and ...