The phrase "acute service" is not commonly used in written English and may not convey a clear meaning.
It could potentially be used in a specific context related to healthcare or emergency services, but it is not a standard expression.
Example: "The hospital provides acute service for patients with critical conditions."
Alternatives: "emergency service" or "urgent care".
On its website Castlebeck describes Winterbourne View as "a purpose designed acute service, offering assessment and intervention and support for people with learning disabilities, complex needs and challenging behaviour".
Among the acute service beds at general hospitals set to be cut are 535 in Derbyshire, 400 each in Devon and West Yorkshire and 30% of all beds in hospitals in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
141 The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust ACUTE The Trust is currently transferring community services from the local PCTs into the existing acute service from April 2011 and a number of re-structuring proposals are expected to result from this.
The ImPACT multidisciplinary team developed care processes to meet these needs, including direct access to team members (including after-hours), chronic disease management protocols, case management, and rapid interventions in response to health changes or acute service use.
(Disruptive weather is another driver for liberalising the data as train users have been critical about the lack of accurate, up-to-date info in times of acute service stress. Social media can also, therefore, take some credit — having provided an open customer criticism channel to pile more pressure on).
19 23 Staff planning and deployment in any acute service faces the challenge of fluctuating demand.
Acute services have always been available in the NHS.
Addicott explains: "To relieve pressure on acute services, patients are being discharged earlier into the community.
This will be just one driver of change for GPs and their relationship with acute services.
His mother is the acute services manager for the Department of Behavioral Health/Mental Retardation Services for the City of Philadelphia.
I can't think of any other initiative targeting acute services".
