• Emerg Med Australas · Oct 2004

    Comment Review

    Political issues in emergency medicine: the United Kingdom.

    • Geoffrey Hughes.
    • Emergency Department, Salisbury District Hospital, United Kingdom. cchdhb@yahoo.com
    • Emerg Med Australas. 2004 Oct 1;16(5-6):387-93.

    AbstractA recent issue of this Journal published two papers on political issues facing the specialty of emergency medicine in the USA and in Canada. This paper continues the theme from a UK perspective. In recent years there has been significant change in the National Health Service, which has had (or will have) both direct and indirect consequences for the specialty of emergency medicine and the delivery of emergency care in the UK. This article describes some of the recent National Health Service initiatives and their implications for emergency medicine.

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