It is also worth remembering that the provision of pooled anonymised data is
only one aspect of the Cardiff project.
It also involved:
a direct line to the police in the A&E department in a private area
patient information leaflets on who to contact to report crime and for
help
"clinics" from victim support held within A&E
I agree that we should not pass information about individuals to the Police
but I am all for including incident location on the minimum data set. Then
we can get some decent trauma prevention work going. Many of us know one or
two pubs/clubs that create a lot of problems. Why shouldn't the licensing
authorities be aware of how many A&E attendances came from that club before
they decide about renewing the licence?
Shouldn't BAEM be issuing some guidance on this?
Matthew
Dr Matthew Cooke
Senior Lecturer in Emergency Care
Emergency Medicine Research Group ( www.emerg-uk.com )
Centre for Primary Health Care Studies
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/primary_care )
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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