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Network Co-ordination Service

0300 330 3999
Clinical Staff Only

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What we do

The Network Coordination Service (NCS) is part of the East of England Trauma Network. This is an Emergency Medicine consultant delivered 24/7 service hosted by Cambridge University Hospitals, the Major Trauma Centre (MTC) for the East of England. 

The service:

  • Provides remote telephone support and specialist clinical advice to both trauma units and pre-hospital clinicians for patients suffering from major trauma.

  • Authorises trauma unit bypass requests for pre-hospital clinicians.

  • Coordinates secondary transfers from trauma units to the MTC.

The NCS Team

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Dr James Price

James is the clinical lead for NCS and a consultant in adult and paediatric emergency medicine at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. He has a strong academic interest in PHEM and serves as consultant lead for research and development at East Anglian Air Ambulance.

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Dr Thomas Lever

Tom is a consultant in Emergency Medicine at Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Governance Lead for NCS.

Alex Horscroft

Alex Horscroft

Alex is the administrator for the Trauma Network Coordination Service. He helps ensure accurate data entry, produces graphs to visualise patient trends and assists with the creation of reports and other NCS material.

Feedback

Please leave your feedback for our service by answering a few questions. Select from the below to start:

  1. Feedback of our service having called NCS

  2. Request clinical feedback for a referred patient​

  3. Suggestions or requests for our service in general

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