ArticleBMC medicine2011
Trauma networks: present and future challenges.
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- Time to surgery and its impact on length of stay and mortality for neck of femur fractures at a major trauma centre.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2026Article
- Evaluating Acute Polytrauma Rehabilitation: A Literature Review With Insights From the UK Major Trauma Network.Cureus · 2025Review
- The London Regional Major Trauma System: A Literature Review of Epidemiology and Current and Future Challenges.Cureus · 2024Review
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- Severely injured patients: modern management strategies.EFORT open reviews · 2023Review
- Provision of acute care pathways for older major trauma patients in the UK.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
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- Variations in the management of adolescents with blunt splenic trauma in England and Wales: are we preserving enough?Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2020Article
- The volume-outcome relationship among severely injured patients admitted to English major trauma centres: a registry study.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2020Observational
- PROCESS AND SYSTEMS: A cohort study to evaluate the impact of service centralisation for emergency admissions with acute heart failure.Future healthcare journal · 2019Article
- Social capital in a regional inter-hospital network among trauma centers (trauma network): results of a qualitative study in Germany.BMC health services research · 2018Article
- Comparison of trauma care structures, processes and outcomes between the English National Health Service and Quebec, Canada.Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgieArticle
- Thirty-Day Mortality for Proximal Femoral Fractures Treated at a U.K. Elective Center with a Site-Streaming Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic.JB & JS open accessArticle
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Abstract
In England, trauma is the leading cause of death across all age groups, with over 16,000 deaths per year. Major trauma implies the presence of multiple, serious injuries that could result in death or serious disability. Successive reports have documented the fact that the current ad hoc unstructured management of this patient group is associated with considerable avoidable death and disability. The reform of trauma care in England, especially of the severely injured patient, has already begun. Strong clinical leadership is embraced as the way forward. The present article summarises the steps that have been made over the last decade that led to the recent decision to move towards a long anticipated restructure of the National Health Service (NHS) trauma services with the introduction of Regional Trauma Networks (RTNs). While, for the first time, a genuine political will and support exists, the changes required to maintain the momentum for the implementation of the RTNs needs to be marshalled against arguments, myths and perceptions from the past. Such an approach may reverse the disinterest attitude of many, and will gradually evolve into a cultural shift of the public, clinicians and policymakers in the fullness of time.
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