@article{518b6299d1fa4e4b943fa3594c9e9c5a,
title = "The urgent need to develop emergency EYE care in the UK: the way forward?",
abstract = "For two decades prior to 2004, a steady state existed of ~14 million general Accident and Emergency (A&E) annual attendances in England. This total has risen each year since, with 22.9 million attendances recorded in 2015/16 (https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Monthly-AE-Report-December-16.pdf). Resultant pressure on A&E has received a great deal of public attention and extra resourcing with medical staff numbers rising 71% from 2002 to 2012.",
keywords = "emergency eye care, ophthalmology, accident and emergency",
author = "Buchan, {J. C.} and B. Barnes and A. Cassels-Brown and Chang, {B. Y.} and J. Harcourt and Pilling, {R. F.} and D. Shickle and Spencer, {A. F.} and Vernon, {S. A.} and C. MacEwen",
note = "he Way Forward project was commissioned and funded by The Royal College of Ophthalmologists. Subsequent salary support for JC Buchan is provided by the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust. Contribution is acknowledged from the Way Forward Steering Committee and Reference Group: Tom Bremridge, Barny Foot, Richard Smith, John Somner, John Sparrow, Rachel Stancliffe, Peter Tiffin. MeSH terms—Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration, Ophthalmology/education, Ophthalmology/manpower, Ophthalmology/organization and administration, Ophthalmology/trends, Eye Diseases/organization and administration, Eye Diseases/prevention and control.",
year = "2017",
month = jun,
day = "16",
doi = "10.1038/eye.2017.113",
language = "English",
volume = "31",
pages = "1515--1518",
journal = "Eye",
issn = "0950-222X",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
}