article_snippet: Patients at a hospital A&E department are assessed by staff when Patients at a hospital A&E department arrive, then given a red card if Patients at a hospital A&E department illness is serious or a green one for less urgent issues, with a two or three-word summary of Patients at a hospital A&E department ailment.
article_snippet: ’ Hospital bosses at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex, said It was designed to speed up staff assessments .
article_snippet: The trust responsible for a local hospital has defended the scheme, saying The trust responsible for the hospital will lead to quicker assessment times.
article_snippet: Dr Donald McGeachy, medical director of the Mid-Essex Clinical Commissioning Group, said: ‘Dr Donald McGeachy, medical director of the Mid-Essex Clinical Commissioning Group’d ask people to bear in mind that the new reception arrangements at Broomfield Hospital are part of a pilot scheme that is being developed and constantly refined.
article_snippet: Dr Donald McGeachy, medical director of the Mid-Essex Clinical Commissioning Group want to provide patients arriving at A&E with a rapid assessment so they can be seen by the right clinical service at the right time.
article_snippet: At the moment, people arriving at Broomfield Hospital will be assessed by a nurse and either referred on for emergency medical help or redirected to see people arriving at Broomfield own GP.
article_snippet: ‘The new area that has been set up within the hospital entrance mirrors the main reception and pays the same regard to patient confidentiality.
article_snippet: ‘The information patients are being asked to provide on arrival is the same as when The information patients book into the A&E reception, with the difference that The information patients are rapidly assessed and directed to the right service for The information patients.
article_snippet: Dr Donald McGeachy, medical director of the Mid-Essex Clinical Commissioning Group are not aware of any complaints about the pilot scheme.
highlights_snippet: Patients at Broomfield Hospital  are given a card with summary of ailment .
  
highlights_snippet: a card is red if a card illness is serious or green for less urgent issues .
  
highlights_snippet: Hospital bosses said their illness is serious or green for less urgent issues was designed to speed up staff assessments .
  