Acute Medicine

The Acute Medical Unit (AMU) receives acutely ill medical patients from General Practitioners or the Emergency Department. The function of the AMU is to allow acute medical assessment in a single area where specialist medical, nursing and equipment resources are concentrated. The unit at York Hospital consists of 60 acute beds across AMU and AMB wards, and at Scarborough Hospital there are 32 acute beds in Lilac ward.

Patients who are deemed suitable for ambulatory care are directly referred to the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) at York Hospital, or the Emergency Assessment Unit at Scarborough General Hospital. Ambulatory care is the medical care given to patients in hospital on the same day they present to hospital without needing to be admitted overnight. The Trust ambulatory care services allow a rapid assessment of medical patients with early diagnostic tests, allowing diagnosis and treatment without the need for hospital admission.

Meet the Team - York

Dr Ayesha Khaliq	Consultant and Lead Clinician for Acute Medicine
Dr Stephen Waring	Consultant
Dr Waheed Aliyu	Consultant
Melanie Bootland	Ward Manager AMU & SDEC
Dan Palmer	Matron
Jackie Snowden	Secretary

Meet the Team - Scarborough

Dr Angela Gruber	Consultant and Lead Clinician for Acute Medicine
Dr Abdelrahman Abdalla	Consultant
Dr Mohammed Ilyas	Consultant
Dr John Smith	Consultant
Vicky Anderson	Ward Manager Lilac ward
Sam Soulsby	Matron
Jackie Brown	Secretary

Contact details

• Acute Medical Unit (AMU) York: 01904 726022
• Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) York: 01904 724101
• Lilac Ward (AMU) Scarborough: 01723 342105
• Emergency Assessment Unit (EAU) Scarborough: 01723 385066

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Scarborough Hospital

Acute Medical Ward - Cherry Ward

The Acute Medical Unit (AMU) receives acutely ill medical patients from General Practitioners or the Emergency Department.