On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 at 15:09, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I suspect carto people are going to say "no synonyms." > > While synonyms are a bad idea, we are talking about something that is > NOT a synonym: an inpatient department of a hospital, rather than a > clinic or doctor's office. > Since you're double-hatted, I'm happy to go along with you there. Umm, triple-hatted - tagging, carto and medical. Come up with a new healthcare=* and I'll replace the healthcare=clinic I was using for lack of anything better. Doesn't matter if it doesn't render yet because everything has been re-arranged in hospitals and won't return to normal for many months (if ever). > What is needed, though, is a tag for hospital wards. > > That might also be useful. Could you explain the difference between > "department" and "ward" in British English usage? > In BE usage, wards are where inpatients sleep. Departments are things like the X-ray unit, diabetes centre, renal dialysis unit, endoscopy, outpatient department, chemotherapy day unit and outpatients department (all actual names of departments at my nearest general hospital). Going by wikipedia, it seems likely that BE wards may be known as inpatient wards elsewhere. > > I found a page with a list of departments at NHS hospitals, so > apparently both words are used to mean something different: > > > https://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health-services/nhs/a4502/a-to-z-of-hospital-departments/ That page doesn't explicitly define what a ward is in BE, but if you search for the word "ward" on the page it is clear from context that a ward is where inpatients sleep. Another thing that page mentions is a discharge lounge. It's not where you get some sort of medical treatment, like endoscopy or X-ray or renal dialysis, nor is it a place to sleep. It's where they put you after they've decided you're no longer ill enough to occupy a bed on a ward and you're awaiting collection by somebody (possibly hospital transport if your circumstances warrant it). The one at my nearest general hospital had 12 chairs (each with accompanying adjustable table of the type that accompanies ward beds) and a couple of hospital beds. It had a nurse or nursing assistant in charge, in case somebody had a relapse. Somebody from the pharmacy would hand patients take-home medications as required. Worth mapping (so whoever is picking you up can figure out where to go and park), but probably requires a different healthcare=* value and a different carto icon. See https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/discharge-lounge.htm for details of a discharge lounge in the UK (fancier than the one at my nearest general hospital). > > BTW, what is the most common term for an "emergency department" in the UK? > > Is it still "Emergency Ward" or "Accident and Emergency Ward" or > something different > The terms "casualty" and "emergency ward" are still in use by the public but hospitals themselves call them A&E. Which reminds me, cottage hospitals (small, minor hospitals) don't have an A&E but may have a minor injuries unit. If you lopped your hand off with a chainsaw you need an A&E but if you put a big gash in your hand that won't stop bleeding a minor injuries unit can handle it. https://www.myhealth.london.nhs.uk/faq/minor-injury-units-mius -- Paul
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