2025年2月6日 · This Integrated operational pressures escalation levels (OPEL) framework 2024 to 2026 is for the management of operational pressures across NHS England’s providers, including acute trusts, community health, mental health, and NHS 111 services and provides the core parameters that each of these types of provider must use to determine their OPEL.

The National OPEL Framework has been designed to enable local A&E Delivery Boards to align their escalation protocols to a standardised process across local health systems.

OPEL status and commence actions Within each of these meetings, four core components should be present to ensure effectiveness of OPEL management and decision making: Meeting rhythm: Meeting rhythm frequency should vary dependent on OPEL status (i.e. higher OPEL status is met with more frequent meeting rhythms). Without this dynamic approach,

Organisational ‘OPEL 4’ status declared* Acute Trust Director on call contacts relevant CCG director on call. A dynamic risk assessment is undertaken across local health system. The acute trust agrees need for divert with CCG.

Operational Pressures Escalation Levels (OPEL) Framework 2023/24 (Text, 40 mins) Description: A framework to provide a unified systematic and structured approach to detect and assess acute hospital urgent and emergency care operating pressures, …

Pressures Escalation Calculator (OPEL) for the Emergency Department (ED) that could demonstrate on an hourly basis what the pressure points in the department are. Tests for change The tool was piloted by the assistant service manager and iterations of the tool were developed upon feedback. The output of the tool needed to be

The OPEL Maternity Framework Status is based on nine escalation triggers: • Suspension (closures), ambulance diverts and deflections. • Maternity ward-based bed capacity • Delivery suite bed capacity • Obstetric staffing shortfalls impacting on safe care delivery. • Anaesthetic staffing shortfalls impacting safe care delivery.

The app provides valuable insight and intelligence across the system, offering near real-time information on OPEL status, ambulance activity, 111 and 999 call volumes, Emergency Department (ED) activity, waiting times, available beds, community care and many more metrics tailored to your ICS.

The aims of this OPEL Framework are to provide a consistent approach in times of pressure 7 days a week , specifically by: Enabling local systems to maintain quality and patient safety;

2024年12月2日 · Each NHS acute site with a Type 1 ED must complete an OPEL assessment using the 10 acute OPEL parameters and normalisation process, to derive a normalised OPEL score out of 100. This score also denotes the escalation level.