What happens to victims of road traffic accidents?
Patients requiring emergency general surgery will be taken directly to the nearest trauma unit that has the specialist care already in place for these patients, such as Nottingham, Peterborough, or Lincoln. Protocols for transfer of patients are already in place for this as the type of injuries often sustained in road traffic accidents, including multiple traumas, burns, head neck and spinal injuries are already transferred to a specialist centre. The range of injuries such as sprained or fractured ankles, knees, hips, which have traditionally been managed at Grantham and District Hospital, will continue to be treated there. The services at Grantham and District Hospital will remain the same but those patients requiring emergency general surgery will be transferred to the most appropriate hospital for treatment. What happens to people with head injuries? General Practitioners and the ambulance service will follow agreed protocols much as they do now for some conditions. Those patients
