Accident and Emergency Major Department
Accident and Emergency Major Departments provide consultant led services with appropriate resuscitation facilities and designed accommodation for the reception of the Accident and Emergency Patients and can be routinely accessed with or without appointment. These departments must provide the resuscitation, assessment and treatment of acute illness and injury in patients of all ages, and services must be available continuously 24 hours a day.
This department can cover all types of Accident and Emergency Patients and can include single specialty Accident and Emergency Services e.g. ophthalmology, dental.
Other Accident and Emergency / Minor Injury Departments
These are defined as all other Accident and Emergency / casualty / minor injury departments which have designated accommodation for the reception of Accident and Emergency Patients and can be routinely accessed with or without appointment, but which do not meet the criteria above for a Major Accident and Emergency Department.