Opportunity details

Have you used a Same Day Emergency Care service? Share your experience to shape research!

Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC)

Link to organisation:

https://sheffield.ac.uk/smph/people/academic/population-health/joanne-coster

Full description:

Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) is an NHS service that allows patients who need urgent medical assessment and treatment to be seen, treated and discharged on the same day, without an overnight hospital stay. These units are sometimes known as Acute Medical Units, Surgical Assessment Units, or Same Day Emergency Units.

We are building a Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) group made up of people with lived experience of using Same Day Emergency Care services.

Opportunity Deadline

30th July 2026

Payment:

NIHR rates

Expenses:

NIHR rates

Organisation

The University of Sheffield, Centre for Urgent and Emergency Care Research (CURE)

The centre for urgent and emergency care research (CURE) aims to improve the quality of urgent and emergency care through rigorous objective independent research.


Details

Topic:

Health services and health delivery

Location:

All of England

Involvement type:

All of research

What support is offered?

A researcher will talk to you about the research and explain what is involved in taking part in the PPI group.

Can the work be done from home?

Yes

Suitable for a beginner?

Yes