Acute Services definition

Acute Services means those services set out in Part 2 of annex 1 which are delivered in Ninewells Hospital or Perth Royal Infirmary. It does not include medicine for the elderly services delivered in Perth Royal Infirmary and Stracathro Hospital or inpatient services provided in a community hospital or Psychiatry of Old Age services.
Acute Services means the following services of the NHS Board delivered within the acute hospitals at University Hospital Ayr and University Hospital Crosshouse for which the Director for Acute Services of the NHS Board has operational management responsibility, namely accident and emergency; general medicine; geriatric medicine; rehabilitation medicine; respiratory medicine; and palliative care. These are the services in scope for the delegated acute functions and associated Set Aside budget; “Appropriate Person” means a member of the NHS Board, but does not include any person who is both a member of the NHS Board and a councillor; “Chairperson‖ means the Chairperson of the Integration Joint Board; “The Chief Officer” means the Chief Officer of the Integration Joint Board and is defined in Part 7 ―Chief Officer‖; “The Chief Finance Officer” means the Accountable Officer for financial management, governance and administration of the Integration Joint Board. This includes accountability to the Integration Joint Board for the planning, development and delivery of the Integration Joint Board’s financial strategy and responsibility for the provision of strategic and operational financial advice and support to the Integration Joint Board and Chief Officer;
Acute Services means services which, according to generally accepted professional standards, are expected to provide significant, measurable clinical improvement within a reasonable and medically predictable period of time, not to exceed two (2) months.

Examples of Acute Services in a sentence

  • The Director for Acute Services of the NHS Board will manage Acute Services.

  • The Integration Joint Board along with the other five Integration Joint Boards in the Health Board area will contribute to the strategic planning of Acute Services and the Health Board will be responsible for the management of Acute Services.

  • The parties shall ensure that a group including the Director for Acute Services and Chief Officers of the three Ayrshire Integration Joint Boards will meet regularly to discuss such issues.

  • Acute Services are provided on a Pennine Lancashire footprint by East Lancashire Hospitals Trust.

  • Each individual event is hosted by the curriculum leader from the following areas: • Business • Computing • Construction • Creative Industries • Education Studies • Engineering • Hair, Beauty & Complementary Therapies • Health & Social Studies • Sport • Hospitality • The main sponsor of the competition in 2015 was Xxxxx X’Xxxxxx (main contractor on NHS Acute Services project) who donated £500 to the winning school.


More Definitions of Acute Services

Acute Services means those services set out in Part 2 of Annex 1 to the Scheme which are delivered within Ninewells Hospital and Perth Royal Infirmary, except medicine for the elderly services delivered at Perth Royal Infirmary (for which the Integration joint Board will have operational delivery responsibility);
Acute Services means the services of the Health Board delivered within the acute hospitals for which the Health Board has operational management responsibility, namely accident and emergency; general medicine; geriatric medicine; rehabilitation medicine; respiratory medicine; and palliative care. These are the services in scope for the delegated acute functions and associated Set Aside budget;
Acute Services. ’ means medical and surgical treatment provided mainly in hospitals and minor injury units.
Acute Services means those services set out in Part 2 of annex 1 which are
Acute Services means the following services of the NHS Board delivered within the acute hospitals at University Hospital Ayr and University Hospital Crosshouse for which the Director for Acute Services of the NHS Board has operational management responsibility, namely accident and emergency; general medicine; geriatric medicine; rehabilitation medicine; respiratory medicine; and palliative care. These are the services in scope for the delegated acute functions and associated Set Aside budget;
Acute Services means those services set out in Part 2 of Annex 1 to the Scheme which are delivered within Ninewells Hospital and Perth Royal Infirmary, except medicine for the elderly services delivered at Perth Royal Infirmary;
Acute Services means the following services of the NHS Board delivered within the acute hospitals at University Hospital Ayr and University Hospital Crosshouse for which the Director for Acute Services of the NHS Board has operational management responsibility, namely accident and emergency; general medicine; geriatric medicine; rehabilitation medicine; respiratory medicine; and palliative care. These are the services in scope for the delegated acute functions and associated Set Aside budget; “Appropriate Person” means a member of the NHS Board, but does not include any person who is both a member of the NHS Board and a councillor; “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Integration Joint Board; “The Chief Officer” means the Chief Officer of the Integration Joint Board and is defined in Part 7 “Chief Officer”; “The Chief Finance Officer” means the Accountable Officer for financial management, governance and administration of the Integration Joint Board. This includes accountability to the Integration Joint Board for the planning, development and delivery of the Integration Joint Board’s financial strategy and responsibility for the provision of strategic and operational financial advice and support to the Integration Joint Board and Chief Officer; “Data Dictionary” means a resource which provides a list of measures and indicators for use within a partnership performance framework; “Health and Social Care Partnership” is the name given to the Parties’ service delivery organisation for functions which have been delegated to the Integration Joint Board; “Health Leads” means individuals who have the professional lead for their respective healthcare profession(s) within the Health and Social Care Partnership; “HEAT” means Health Improvement, Efficiency, Access, Treatment – NHS National Targets and Measures; “Independent Sector” means for profit non governmental or private agencies; “Integration Joint Board”/“The Board” means the Integration Joint Board to be established by Order under section 9 of the Act; “Integrated Services” means services of the Parties delivered in a Health and Social Care Partnership for which the Chief Officer has operational management responsibility; “Lead Partner” means the Integration Joint Board that manages services on behalf of the other Integration Joint Boards in the NHS Board areas; “Lead Partnership Services” means those services of the Parties more specifically detailed in clause 3.3 and Annex 3 hereof which, subject to consideration by ...