Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent integrated care board are working to improve urgent treatment centres improving urgent and emergency care.
Our urgent and emergency services face many challenges, including growing demand and staff shortages.
People have told us that, with the current mix of services, it’s not always clear which is the most appropriate service to use. This has led to people going to emergency departments (EDs) with more minor conditions, often waiting a long time for treatment. This adds pressure to our emergency health services – which could
be avoided.
We want to tackle these challenges and help everyone get to the right place, first time, for the treatment they need.
As part of this, we’re setting up new urgent treatment centres (UTCs) in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. UTCs are being introduced across England to treat minor illnesses and injuries.
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