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Tag Archives: Urgent and Emergency Care Forum
Transforming Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England (Monitor / NHS England / UEC Review Team / ECIP / ECIST)
Summary An overview of work underway to improve urgent and emergency care: Improving patient flow in the rest of the hospital. Getting a better understanding of the impact of social and community care. Supporting the mid-long term sustainability of A&E … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 24/7 Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, A&E Four-Hour Wait Standard, A&E Waiting Times and Activity, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Acute Care, Acute Care Collaboration, Acute Care Services, Acute Hospital A&E and Liaison Mental Health Teams, Acute Hospital A&E and Liaison Mental Health Teams: Transforming Mental Health Crisis Care (NHS England), Acute Medical Care for Frail Older People, Acute Medicine Units (AMUs), Ageing Population, Allied Health Professionals, Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs), Ambulatory Emergency Care (AEC), BBC Reality Check Team, Care Closer to Home, Care Trust CEs, CCG Accountable Officers, CCG Clinical Leaders, Clinical Decision Units, Community Care, Community Care Services, Community Hospitals, Community Nursing, Community Pharmacy, Comprehensive Local Directory of Services, Consultant Delivered Care, Crowding and Exit Block in Emergency Departments, CSU Managing Directors, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Demand Management, Directors of Adult Social Services, Directors of Childrens Services, Directors of Nursing, Discharge and Out of Hospital Care, Dysfunctional Patient Flow, Early Supported Discharge (ESD), ECIP, ECIP: Emergency Care Improvement Programme, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Ambulance Services, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Care Data Set, Emergency Care Improvement Programme (ECIP), Emergency Care Intensive Support Team (ECIST), Emergency Care Leads, Emergency Centres, Emergency Departments, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Emergency Services, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Factors in Increased Use of Urgent and Emergency Care, Foundation Trust CEs, Four-Hour A&E Waiting Time Target, GP Out-of-Hours Services, GPs, Handover, Hospital Waiting Times, Improving Patient Flow, Inpatient Admissions and Bed Management in NHS Acute Hospitals, Jeane Freeman: Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, Liaison Mental Health Services, Liaison Mental Health Teams, Local Authority CEs, Local Directory of Services (DOS), Long Waiting Times, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Medical Directors, Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, Monitor, Moving Healthcare Closer to Home, Multimorbidities and Long-Term Conditions, National Audit Office (NAO), National Early Warning Score (NEWS), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Services Information Campaign, NHS 111, NHS Community Pharmacies, NHS England Regional Directors, NHS England: Directors of Commissioning Operations, NHS England’s Community Pharmacy Call to Action, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS England’s Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Review Programme, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS TDA: NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Board Chairs, NHS Trust Development Authority (NTDA), NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), NHS Waiting Times, NHS Winter Crisis, Out of Hospital Community Care, Out-of-Hospital Urgent Care, Out-of-Hospital Urgent Care Programme, Out-of-Hours General Practice, Out-of-Hours Primary Care, Pathways for Frail and Vulnerable People, Patient flow, Patient Flow Within Hospitals, Patient Flows, Patient Handovers, Patients Seen in 4 Hours: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Primary Care and Community Pharmacy Network, Primary Care Out-of-Hours (OOH) Services, Productive Models of Elective Care, Productive Models of Elective Care Research Team, Public Health England (PHE), Rapid Response Service, Rapid Response Teams, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Residential Care Homes, Revised Planning Guidance for 2015/16, SAFER Bundle, Safer Faster Better, Safer Faster Better Guide, Safer Faster Better: Good Practice in Delivering Urgent and Emergency Care, Seasonal Pressures, Services Information Campaign, Smoother Patient Flows, Social and Community Care, Special HA CEs, SRGs: System Resilience Groups, Surgical Networks, System Resilience Groups, System Resilience Groups (SRGs), Transforming Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Transforming Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England, UEC Review Team, UEC Review: NHS England’s Review of Urgent and Emergency Care, UEC Vanguards, UECNs and SRGs, UECR Phase 1 Report Evidence Base, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Unscheduled Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC), Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Review, Urgent and Emergency Care Commissioning, Urgent and Emergency Care Forum, Urgent and Emergency Care Networks, Urgent and Emergency Care Networks (UECNs), Urgent and Emergency Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care Review, Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England, Urgent and Emergency Care Vanguard Sites, Urgent and Emergency Care Vanguards, Urgent and Emergency Services, Urgent Care Centres (UCCs), Urgent Care Centres (Walk-In and Minor Injuries Units), Urgent Care Services Outside of Hospitals, Waiting Time Target Breaches, Walk-in Centres (WiCs), Whole System Integration, Whole System Partnership, Whole System Patient Flows, Whole Systems Approach, Whole Systems Redesign, Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressures
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Patient Perspectives on Urgent and Emergency Care (Royal College of Emergency Medicine / Patients’ Association)
Summary The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) and the Patients Association have published a joint report, entitled “Time to Act. Urgent Care and A&E: the Patient Perspective”, which incorporates results of a survey of patients conducted between September 2014 … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Nuffield Trust, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 2020 Vision for the NHS, Acute and Emergency Care: Prescribing the Remedy, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Co-Location, Co-Location Models, Co-Location of Other Out-Of-Hours Services With A&E Departments, Collaborative Approach to Unscheduled Care, College of Emergency Medicine Scotland, CQC’s Right Here Right Now Report, Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Emergency Departments, Elecsys Troponin T High-Sensitive Assay for Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial, Emergency Care, Future of GP Out of Hours Care: Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), GP Cooperatives and Out-of-Hours Services, GP Out-of-Hours Services, Information Needs of Carers, Information Needs of Patients, Integrated Joint Boards, Martin McKechnie: Scottish Vice-President of the College of Emergency Medicine, NHS 111, Out-of-Hours General Practice, Out-of-Hours GP Services in England, Out-of-Hours Urgent Care, Patient Awareness of Alternative Services to A&E for Urgent Health Needs, Patient Perspectives on Urgent and Emergency Care, Patient Perspectives on Urgent Care and A&E, Patients Association, Preferred Treatment Location for Patients with Urgent Health Needs, Prescribing the Remedy: Ignoring the Prescription, Reducing Inappropriate NHS 111 Referrals to 999 and A&E, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Referrals From NHS 111 to A&E, Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Royal College of Nursing Scotland, Scottish Government, Scottish Government’s 2020 Vision for the NHS, Signposting, Signposting Patient Information, Signposting Services and Knowledge, Signposting to Sources of Practical Help, Theresa Fyffe: Director of the Royal College of Nursing Scotland, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Unscheduled Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC), Urgent and Emergency Care Commissioning, Urgent and Emergency Care Forum, Urgent and Emergency Care Networks, Urgent and Emergency Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care Review, Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England, Urgent and Emergency Services, Urgent Care Services Outside of Hospitals, Urgent Health UK, Walk-in Centres (WiCs)
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Improving Urgent and Emergency Care (NHS Confederation / Urgent and Emergency Care Forum / Emergency Medicine Journal / RCPCH / RCN / RCGP / REF / Health Economics / RCEM)
Summary Based on experiences during Winter 2014/2015, the NHS will encounter a winter crisis in 2015/16. NHS organisations need to plan and act on solutions to help prevent this problem. This NHS Confederation report assembles guidance and recommendations, with examples … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 2015 Challenge: NHS Confederation, 24-Hour Access to Community Services, 24-Hour Community-Based Services, 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, 7 Day Services, 999 and Ambulance See-and-Treat, 999 and Ambulance Treat-and-Convey, A&E, A&E Doctors: Recruitment, A&E Hub, ABCDE Team Triage Process, Access to Primary Care, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Accident and Emergency Doctors, Acute Hospital Care, Acutely Sick Kid Safety Netting Interventions for Families (ASK SNIFF), Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Ambulance Services, Ambulatory Care Units (ACUs), Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs), Assessment and Management, Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE), Attendances at A&E: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Attendo Ltd (Helsinki), Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, BBC's NHS Winter Project, Better Health Briefing No. 37, Better Health Briefings, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust, British Journal of General Practice, Bromley by Bow Health Partnership, C3 Model, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CLAHRC (CLAHRC CP), Care Closer to Home, Cecilia Anim: President of Royal College of Nursing, Child HealthCare Closer to Home (C3), Children and Young People’s Health Partnership, Children's Emergency Services, Children’s Outreach Assessment and Support Team (COAST), Chronic Diseases, CLAHRC East of England, CLAHRCs: NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Co-Location Models, College of Emergency Medicine (CEM), Community and Health Research Unit (CaHRU): University of Lincoln, Community Care, Community Children’s Nurses (CCNs), Community Facilities, Community Wellbeing Practices, Community-Based Services, Complex Care, Complex Needs, Connecting Care for Children (CC4C), Continuity of Care, Coordinated Care, Coordination, Crisis Concordat, Cross Specialty Collaboration, Cross-Boundary Care Pathways, Cultural Competency, De Montfort University, Delayed Transfers of Care, Department of Primary Care and Public Health: Imperial College London, Discharge and Out of Hospital Care, Division of Primary Care: University of Nottingham, DIY Health, Dr Hilary Cass: President of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), Dr Maureen Baker: Chair of Royal College of General Practitioners, East of England, East of England Ambulance Service, EDS1 and EDS2, Electronic Personal Child Health Record (ePCHR), Emergency Admissions, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Centres, Emergency Departments, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Emergency Services, Emergency Transport, EMS Roles and Functions in Caring for OPWD, Enhanced Use of Community Nursing, Ethnicity and Pre-Hospital Emergency Care, Evelina Children’s Hospital, Extensivist and Primary Care Plus Model, Facing the Future: Standards for Acute General Paediatric Services, Facing the Future: Together for Child Health (2015), Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Factors in Increased Use of Urgent and Emergency Care, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences: De Montfort University, Finland, GP and Community Care for Worried Parents, GP Services Co-Located With A&E Department, GPs Co-Located With A&E Department, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Halton Local Authority, Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland, Health Economics, Hear and Treat and See and Treat Services (Reducing A&E Attendances), Helsinki University Central Hospital, HUS: Institute of Clinical Medicine, Imperial Child Health General Practice Hubs, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Improvements to GP and Community Care, Inappropriate NHS 111 Referrals, Integrated Care Organisation (Merger of Torbay Hospital and Community Health and Care Services), Islington Community Children’s Nursing Team (CCNT), Jorvi Hospital, Language Line, Language Line Services (LLS), Last Resort / Safety Net Role(s), Local Commissioning, Local Leadership, Local Right Care2 Plans, Local System Resilience Groups, London Ambulance Service (LAS), London Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Centre for Health Economics: University of Manchester, Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, Minor Injuries Units, Multidisciplinary Care, Multidisciplinary Research Teams, Multidisciplinary Teams, National Ambulance Commissioner Network (NACN), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Threshold, NHS 111, NHS Confederation, NHS Confederation’s Urgent and Emergency Care Forum, NHS England Emergency and Urgent Care Review, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Halton CCG, NHS Leadership Academy: East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), NHS Tracker Service (BBC's NHS Winter Project), NHS Winter 2014-15: Weekly A&E Tracker, NHS Winter Project (BBC News NHS Tracker Service), NHS Winter Project (BBC News), NHS Winter Project: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service, NICE Cost Effectiveness Threshold, NIHR CLAHRC: Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs), Northern Ireland Electronic Care Record (NIECR), Older People With Dementia (OPWD), Out-of-Hours GP Services Co-Located With A&E Department, PACE SETTER Award, Payment Mechanisms, Personal Health Care Record (PCHR), Prehospital Emergency Care by Ambulance Services, Public Guidance on Division of Work in Emergency Departments, Puolarmetsä Hospital, Race Equality Foundation, Race Equality Foundation (REF), Rapid Response Teams, RCEM and RCN 2016 Summit, RCGP, RCPCH Facing the Future: Standards for Acute General Paediatric Services, Reducing Inappropriate NHS 111 Referrals to 999 and A&E, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Reimbursement of Urgent and Emergency Care, Repeat Non-Emergency Attendees (Emergency Departments), Right Care Approach, Right Care2, Robert Lloyd: IHI Executive Director for Performance Improvement, Royal College General Practice (RCGP), Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, School of Health and Social Care: University of Lincoln, School of Medicine: University of Nottingham, Self-Care, Seven Day Rapid Response Service (Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust), Seven-Day Services for Emergency Hospital Admissions: Costs Versus Benefits, Solent NHS Trust, South Devon and Torbay CCG, South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb), South East Coast Strategic Clinical Network for Children and Young People, South West Ambulance Service Foundation Trust (SWASFT), South West Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, Specialist Professions Based in Ambulance Control Rooms, SRGs: System Resilience Groups, St Mary's Hospital, SWASFT Right Care Right Place Right Time Initiative, System Resilience Groups, System Resilience Groups (SRGs), System-Wide Integration, Transformational Demonstrator Sites, Transforming Urgent and Emergency Care Services, UEC Review: NHS England’s Review of Urgent and Emergency Care, UEC Vanguards, UK and East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) NHS Trust, University College London, University of Helsinki, University of Leicester, University of Lincoln, University of Manchester, University of Northampton, University of Nottingham, University of Oxford, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Unscheduled Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Forum, Urgent and Emergency Care Networks, Urgent and Emergency Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care Review, Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England, Urgent and Emergency Care Vanguard Sites, Urgent and Emergency Care Vanguards, Urgent and Emergency Services, Urgent Care Services Outside of Hospitals, Walk-in Centres (WiCs), Wellbeing Enterprises CIC, Whole System Integration, Whole Systems Approach, Whole Systems Redesign, Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressures, Wirral Community NHS Trust, Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
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CEM Prescription for Acute and Emergency Care (College of Emergency Medicine)
Summary A recent policy paper from the College of Emergency Medicine (CEM), working with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal College of Physicians and Royal College of Surgeons, proposes 13 recommendations to reduce the rising pressure on … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS Employers, Northern Ireland, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Scotland, Standards, UK, Wales
Tagged 2015 Challenge Declaration (NHS Confederation): Workforce Challenge, 24/7 Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, 24/7 Consultant Cover, 24/7 Diagnostic Services, 24/7 Service, A&E, Access to Primary Care, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Acute Hospital Care, Admissions, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Avoidable Admissions, British Medical Association (BMA), Care Seven Days a Week, Case-Mix, Challenges of Urgent and Emergency Care, Chronic Diseases, College of Emergency Medicine, College of Emergency Medicine (CEM), Commissioning Urgent and Emergency Care for Older People, Community Care, Community Facilities, Community-Based Services, Complex Care, Complex Needs, Diagnostic Services, Education and Staff Training, Emergency Admissions, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Centres, Emergency Departments, Emergency Medicine Consultants, Emergency Medicine Workforce Implementation Group (EMWIG), Emergency Planning and Resilience, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Services, Emergency System Resilience, Funding, GP Out-of-Hours Services, Health Information Technology, Hospital Accident and Emergency Departments, Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Information Technology, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Emergency Department (A&E), Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration, Integration and Communities, Integration of Primary Secondary and Community Care, Interventional Radiology 24/7 Services Provision, Investment in Information Technology, Kent Community Health NHS Trust, Leadership, Leadership Development, Local Urgent Care Boards, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multi-Disciplinary Working, NHS 111, NHS 24, NHS Confederation’s Hospitals Forum, NHS Confederation’s Urgent and Emergency Care Forum, NHS Direct, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Primary Care, Primary Care Alternatives to Emergency Hospital Admissions, Primary Care Physicians, PwC LLP, RCP: Royal College of Physicians, Re-Admission NHS Hospitals, Reconfiguration of Emergency Care System, Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Repeat Non-Emergency Attendees (Emergency Departments), Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Royal College of Surgeons, Safe Staffing, Seven-Day Services in Hospital, Seven-Day Services in the Community, Skill Mix, Skills Mix, South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, Staffing Levels and Skill Mix, Telephone Advice Services, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Commissioning, Urgent and Emergency Care Forum, Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Urgent and Emergency Services, Workforce and Skill Mix, Workforce Design, Workforce Development, Workforce Issues, Workforce Planning, Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS), Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
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Accident and Emergency Departments Understaffed by Nearly 10% (BBC News / BBC 5 Live / NHS Confederation / College of Emergency Medicine)
Summary England’s accident and emergency departments may be understaffed by nearly 10% on average, a BBC 5 Live survey has suggested. The BBC 5 Live Freedom of Information request discovered that 101 out of 166 hospital trusts responding had 1,260 vacant posts. Read more: BBC News. A&E departments … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Hospital Care, Acute Medical Unit Consultant Input, Admissions, Ageing Population, Alternative Payment Systems, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, BBC 5 Live, BBC Health News, Challenges of Urgent and Emergency Care, Commissioning Urgent and Emergency Care for Older People, Consultant Input, Delayed Discharges, Discharge, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Marginal Tariff, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Services, Geriatrician Liaison Services, GPs in Acute Settings, Health Select Committee, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Emergency Departments, Hospital Reconfiguration, Improving A&E Performance, Joint Working, Locum Doctors, Marginal Rate Emergency Tariff, NHS Payment System, NHS Service Reconfiguration, Outreach Programmes, Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Forum, Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England, Winter Pressure Funding
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