What does 'eligible for unplanned admission' mean?

[skybluee]

Hi
I have a query for a friend and we are trying to understand this.

What does 'eligible for unplanned admission' mean if it was on a GP screen at the bottom right hand corner in red.

We have phoned up a helpline but they didn't know.

If anyone knows this would be an amazing amount of help. The helpline said not to google it, as it could be confusing and wrong information online.

Thank you.

I could be wrong but I think it just means that if they have a cancellation at short notice then they may call and offer the slot? I had something similar when I had surgery on my throat last year. I had a date set but was called before hand and actually went in earlier

I know on our screens (work at GP) it does come up for ‘at risk of unplanned hospital admission’ but I have never seen an eligible for unplanned admission.

The ‘at risk of unplanned hospital admission’ in the box at the bottom of the right on the screen (Qof box) is only on patients who are elderly or have health conditions which mean they are at risk of becoming poorly and in need of hospital admission for treatment. Some patients are fit and well despite underlying health conditions but the very fact they have the condition at all means it will automatically be in the prompt box.

My DH has this on his notes. Any illness we phone the surgery for is taken seriously and will either mean the duty dr will phone to discuss what problems he is having or, as has happened several times in the past, the dr has made a house call and advised admission and called an ambulance.

I have never seen eligible for hospital admission though- is it possible your friend misread? Is your friend elderly or do they have complex health issues? To be fair asking on MN is quite possibly worse than googling!

Friend should really just have asked the dr whilst in there. If they are worried I suggest phoning and asking to book a telephone consultation with the GP so they can clarify the situation for them.

She wanted to ask the dr but basicallt the dr said she needed to go and speak to someone else and she saw it on the screen when the dr was out of the room so felt bad like if she asked what it was itwas like she had read the screen while the dr was gone... so she didn't ask.

Thank you for the explanation though, I think that makes quite a lot of sense.

Not elderly but health conditions.
It is possible it could have been mis-read. i am not sure.

The dr should have locked the screen when leaving the room so a patient was unable to see so she should not have felt bad asking, being as the dr had left the info up there to read.

My screen is turned so patients can’t see from where they are sat and I would never leave my room without locking my screen because that is how I was trained because of patient confidentiality (some patients bring family, friends or neighbours in) BUT I have been in my own drs and they have left the room and not locked their screen so I know it often happens.

I would say, as there are health conditions, then it is just up-as per condition- in the prompt box. It really is nothing to worry about it is just a very immediate and visual indication to any HCP who clicks on the patient that they have health conditions without them having to actually then go further and click into the patients health conditions before knowing this information.

Any dr would be happy to answer any questions or concerns if she felt she needed to chat further about this. There is no need for a patient to feel bad about asking questions about their own health or their records, if she has any concerns please tell her to speak to her dr, that is what they are there for.