The Acute Care Response Team (ACRT) is a Trust wide service combining the Critical Care Outreach, Hospital at Night Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Technician services.  We are a nurse led team and have a wealth of Critical and Acute care knowledge, skills and experience.  The team is supported by medical leads for both Critical Care and Acute Medicine respectively.

Aims of the service

• To provide support and advice to ward teams caring for acutely unwell ward patients.
• To respond to Early Warning Score triggers and carry out assessments on acutely unwell or deteriorating ward patients.
• To provide an evening and night time service to the wards; delivering advanced nursing skills and to support junior ward doctors at night.
• To optimize clinical treatment and management of patients within the ward environment.
• To prevent Critical Care admissions or to facilitate prompt admission to the department by early identification of patients who require a higher level of care.
• To share specialist Critical Care knowledge.
• To provide Technician support to qualified members of the out of hours team.
• To develop and support the implementation of Acute/ Critical Care policies and procedures.
• To provide a follow up service to patients who have been transferred from Critical Care back to the wards.
• To ensure audit and evaluation of the service is carried out.

 

Hours of Service

The Acute Care Response Team is currently available across both hospital sites:

• Monday to Friday 24 hours a day.
• Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays, night cover only.

 

The Technician Service is available across both hospital sites:

• 7 days a week – 6 pm to 2 am.