Coventry Guidance
About the Urgent Community Response (UCR) Service – GP Referral Guidance
Hours of Service
Weekdays: 8:00am – 8:00pm (Referrals close at 6:00pm)
Weekends: 8:00am – 8:00pm (Referrals close at 6:00pm) * NEW FROM AUGUST 2022
How Do I Refer?
GP checks admission avoidance referral criteria are met (see below), completes UCR GP Referral Form in EMIS, and emails to OOH.ISPA@covwarkpt.nhs.uk with the subject heading: UCR GP Referral. If you would also like to speak with a clinician, please telephone 0300 200 0011 and select Option 3 for UCR.
Discharge Summaries
Within 24 hrs of discharge from the UCR service, UCR send a discharge summary via secure email to the GP practice nhs.net account from CWPT_UCR@covwarkpt.nhs.uk, with the subject heading:
UCR Discharge Summary – Please Scan into GP Patient Notes Immediately
Two Hour Admission Avoidance – Crisis Response:
Reduces preventable hospital admissions through a multi-skilled team to support people in their usual place of residence presenting with an urgent care need (within two hours). Includes a holistic clinical assessment and commencement of short-term intervention(s) required (typically lasting up to 72 hours).
NB Not all patients will meet these criteria – there are also 4-6 hour and 24-hour dispositions – your patient will be prioritised based on clinical need
Two Day Admission Avoidance – Reablement Response:
Provided by a multi-skilled team to maximise independence via an assessment and intervention(s) to achieve goals set with the person, regaining their skills, confidence, and independence, and enabling them to do things for themselves (typically a time-limited service).
Patient Inclusion Criteria
- Over 18 years old and presenting with acute physical or functional deterioration
- Unable to access ambulatory services due to frailty, mobility issues, acute illness, and/or chronic long-term condition
- Registered with a Coventry GP
- Living in their usual place of residence, including Care or Nursing Home.
Patient Referral Criteria
- Acute infection/acute exacerbation of a long-term condition
- Fall (with no obvious bony injury, but unknown cause of fall)
- Reduction in mobility/functional ability and/or urgent equipment needs
- Blocked/expelledcatheters(urethral/supra-pubic)forbothmalesandfemales
- Main carer/family member unwell or gone into hospital and patient requires a nursing intervention (e.g.,moving and handling/medication prompting/toileting/dietary needs), to avoid hospital admission
- Acute social crisis whereby the patient is at risk of hospital admission.
Please consider if your referral would be appropriate for PAVS before making a referral to UCR
Patient Exclusion Criteria
- Acute medical emergencies e.g., suspicion of CVA/MI/acute abdomen/SEPSIS (signpost to A&E/999)
- Suspicion of malignancies (signpost to appropriate 2-week wait specialty)
- Fall with suspected bony injury/long lie over 6 hours (signpost to A&E/999)
- Palliative/end of life patients without acute medical need (refer to Place Based Team/specialist palliative care team)
- Head injury – with loss of consciousness and/or patient on anti-coagulation medication
- Pregnancy–issues with pregnancy/or acute health needs and pregnancy
- Seizures
- Mental health needs including acute crisis (signpost to Coventry Crisis Team)
- No fixed abode/alcohol withdrawal/intravenous drug abuse (access Walk in Centre/A&E/999)
- Not registered with a Coventry GP (access Walk in Centre/999/NHS111)
- Chronic long-term conditions, no acute health need, requiring care support (signpost to Social Services).
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