My patient was discharged after emergency surgery, then came back with a suspected complication and had an emergency scan – is this eligible?
Yes – with two prerequisites.
Yes – with two prerequisites; the suspected complication is related to the emergency surgery which took place during the last admission AND the scan was done as an emergency with a result needed ASAP. The starting time of this deterioration would then be the time they presented to the A&E and the end time would be the time of verified report (if no other action needed to be taken) or of decisive management being initiated.