Ambulatory emergency care

Our ambulatory emergency care (AEC) service provides same-day, consultant review for patients with urgent or emergency health problems without the need for attendance in A&E or, where possible, hospital admission.

AEC offers easy access to diagnostic tests and review by consultants in one place, providing a seamless experience for patients. Appropriate patients can be referred directly to our AEC units at Charing Cross and St Mary’s hospitals.

Our AEC service provides care for patients with a number of presumed conditions who are stable and mobile. 

Conditions we treat

Presumed conditions that can be reviewed and treated in our AEC units include:

• abscesses
• cellulitis
• deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
• ear, nose and throat conditions including tonsillitis and Bell's palsy
• first fits
• giant cell arteritis (GCA)
• hyperemesis gravidarum
• iron infusion
• low risk chest pain
• low risk GI bleed
• low risk head injury
• low risk pulmonary embolism
• lower respiratory tract infections (LRT)
• painless jaundice
• pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO)
• red hot joint
• renal colic
• stable pyelonephritis
• transient loss of consciousness (TLOC pathway)
• upper GI bleed