TY - JOUR PY - 2007// TI - Children in emergency departments JO - Archives of disease in childhood A1 - Davies, Ffion C. SP - 194 EP - 195 VL - 93 IS - 3 N2 - The healthcare provision for acutely unwell or injured children in the UK is changing fast. Paediatric emergency medicine (PEM) is now a recognised sub-speciality for Certification of Completion of Training for consultants in either Paediatrics or Emergency Medicine. Facilities for children in Emergency Departments (EDs) have improved since 2000 (following central government funding). At the same time the case-mix of children attending ED's is changing, with less serious illness or injury, and more children with minor, self-limiting conditions being brought by parents and carers who find the lottery of primary care arrangements confusing, inaccessible or inadequate (particularly out-of-hours).
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LA - en SN - 0003-9888 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2007.122283 ID - ref1 ER -