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'Making more nurses, one minute at a time:' by Anna Mackway-Jones, Rachael Hornby, Kevin Mackway-Jones read it here

There are 53 Emergency Triage charts which are presentation, not diagnosis based. Charts are based on what the patient says is happening, not what may be the cause. The MTS uses common names, discriminators and definitions in order to maintain consistency, safety and to allow robust auditing. It is a reductive system...
The MTS Telephone Triage and Advice uses the same principles as Emergency Triage; with all charts, methodology and discriminator definitions following the same, easily recognisable MTS format ...
The Nursing and Residential Triage tool has been developed from the MTS Emergency Triage 3e, to support staff working in Nursing and Residential homes ...
It is important that the implementations of triage remain up-to-date. Details of editions and which remain supported are in the Update documents found in the Updates to Manchester Triage System box below.
The Manchester Triage System (MTS) was developed solely for registered Health Care Professionals (HCPs) due to the clinical skills and knowledge, required to assess needs and plan care, when performing a triage assessment. MTG will not support organisations allowing the use of MTS by staff who are non-HCPs (staff below Band 5 UK or international equivalent). In any medical negligence proceedings where the court requests evidence, MTG will send a letter to this effect. Click here to read the full rationale statement.
The date for the next Emergency Triage Instructor Drop-in session will appear here in due course.

Please bring any questions you may have regarding MTS to the session for discussion, we look forward to seeing as many of our instructors who can attend the session online. It will be a Zoom meeting Click here for the zoom link and full announcement.

Manchester Triage Systems

The Manchester Triage System is a clinical risk management tool used by clinicians worldwide to enable them to safely manage patient flow when clinical need far exceeds capacity. There are currently five MTS tools. Click below for more information about MTS or click o one of the other tools to learn more.

Emergency Triage

Clinical risk assessment and management tool for use in Emergency Departments and Ambulance Service face-to-face contact.

Click below for more information

Telephone Triage

Clinical risk assessment and management tool for use in Ambulance Service telephone contact and other clinical telephone triage services.

Click below for more information

Pre-Hospital Pathfinder

Risk assessment and management tool for use in Ambulance Service face-to-face . Click below for more information

Nursing and Residential Triage

Risk assessment and management tool for use in Nursing and Residential Homes. Click below for more information

Community Triage Tool

Risk assessment and management tool for use by community assessment teams, first response assessment teams and pendant providers. Click below for more information