CY P06 25 06 – Pathway enhancement for the referral of patients with incidental findings encountered by ambulance clinicians (PERIFERAL)
Project ID
SDE_YH_PROJ_196
Lay Summary
CY P06 25 04 – Pathway enhancement for the referral of patients with incidental findings encountered by ambulance clinicians (PERIFERAL).When ambulance crews respond to emergencies, unexpected health problems are found in 1 in 6 patients. These problems are not related to the emergency that the patient called about and are called “incidental findings”. These might include an irregular heartbeat, diabetes or high blood pressure. Patients may not know that they have these conditions and so they remain untreated. These conditions particularly affect people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Finding unexpected health problems early helps people get treatment to prevent serious illnesses, like strokes and heart attacks.Ambulance services and ambulance clinicians across the UK vary in how they manage incidental findings. Some take patients to the emergency department, others recommend that patients see their GP – but we do not know if patients follow this advice.
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Date of counter-signed DAA/DSA
17/06/2025
Project Status
In progress
HRCS Category
Generic Health Relevance
Multiple SDE indicator
No
Is this SDE Lead?
Yes
Name of SDE Parties
Yorkshire and Humber Secure Data Environment