ACT NOW - Information for Adult Patients

The West Midlands Sickle cell Network is proud to be supporting the national rollout of the ACT NOW acronym.  In 2023 Birmingham Children's Hospital volunteered to be one of the pilot sites for this scheme, working with the NHS England. 

We are excited to now share that this has successfully launched across a number of our adult centres.  

What does ACT NOW Mean?

ACT NOW Sickle Cell Acronym and treat a sickle cell crisis fast

The NHS is supporting better care for patients across England by encouraging clinicians to ACT NOW whenever a patient attends hospital in a sickle cell crisis. Codeveloped by clinicians, experts, people with sickle cell and their families, the ACT NOW approach supports a rapid and effective response to a sickle cell crisis in patients attending any hospital.

ACT NOW Acronym explained: Analgesia, Compassion, Test/Trigger, Notify, Oxygen, Watch. For a more indepth explanation please click on the link below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information please click onto the following link:  https://www.england.nhs.uk/london/a-c-t-n-o-w-sickle-cell-acronym-pilot/

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