Update on our Same Day Emergency Care pilot for sickle cell patients
We recognise the strength of feeling and support that our same day emergency care (SDEC) pilot has received, which is a testament to the hard work of our teams.
Funded by the North East London integrated care board, it involved testing an alternative route for treating emergency patients with sickle cell disease who were experiencing acute pain. This was alongside the normal route of being treated through our A&E.
We did this so we could evaluate its impact and plan more robustly for future services.
The pilot ran from September 2025 to the end of January.
There is no change to the way we manage patients with sickle cell disease, and our Haematology Day Unit remains open for all our elective transfusion therapies.
Patients with sickle cell disease will continue to receive specialist-led care at our hospital.
We are committed to improving pathways for the management of pain in patients with sickle cell disease, both acute and chronic, and will continue to welcome input into service design.