Urgent community care: clinical decision-making framework

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This framework supports teams to balance patient, clinical and system risk, so more people can benefit from safe care out of hospital.

It lists 8 key actions for managing patients in the community, and identifies which patient cohorts and presentations should be considered for community-based care.

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Published 19 March 2026.

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Urgent community care: clinical decision-making framework (table format)

Urgent community care: clinical decision-making framework (table format)

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PDF format; framework presented in tables.

Published 19 March 2026.