Seven Day Consultant Present Care

Standard 1: Hospital inpatients should be reviewed by an on-site consultant at least once every 24 hours, seven days a week, unless it has been determined that this would not affect the patient’s care pathway.

 

Standard 2: Consultant-supervised interventions and investigations along with reports should be provided seven days a week if the results will change the outcome or status of the patient’s care pathway before the next ‘normal’ working day. This should include interventions which will enable immediate discharge or a shortened length of hospital stay.

 

Standard 3: Support services both in hospitals and in the primary care setting in the community should be available seven days a week to ensure that the next steps in the patient’s care pathway, as determined by the daily consultant-led review, can be taken.