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Consultant Connect replaces bleep system for rheumatology at Salford Royal Hospital
In April 2022, the rheumatology department at Salford Royal implemented Consultant Connect Telephone Advice & Guidance as a replacement service for their bleep system.

Area Case Study | Referral Triage in Norfolk
In April 2021, Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn (QEHKL) and Norfolk and Waveney ICB decided to use Consultant Connect’s Referral Triage service to run a pilot project focusing on the first outpatient waiting list for Cardiology.

GP and consultant case study: Paediatric 2WW Pathway
Dr O'Flanagan and Dr Neuling share the benefits of the new Paediatric 2WW Pathway at the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire Foundation Trust, available via Consultant Connect.

Advice from paediatrics consultants one phone call or message away
Grange University Hospital in Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (UHB), Wales offers primary care two rapid Advice & Guidance options to help keep paediatric patient care in the community where possible. We interviewed Paediatrics Consultant Dr Nakul Gupta to find out more.

Paramedic and consultant case study: Prof-to-Prof clinical decisions in Tayside
We spoke with Dr Ron Cook, Consultant Emergency Physician and Jonathon Will, Specialist Paramedic for the Scottish Ambulance Service to discuss how Prof-to-Prof advice via Consultant Connect benefits patients.

Consultant case study: Patient Connect
Dr Andrew Russell is an A&E consultant at University Hospital Monklands, NHS Lanarkshire. He makes outgoing calls via the Patient Connect service.

GP and consultant case study: Advice & Guidance in Coventry and Warwickshire
Dr Andreas Photiou, who has been a GP for 10 years, tells us how he regularly uses PhotoSAF on the Consultant Connect App, to request advice from consultants at University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust.

Mental Health case study at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
We spoke with mental health specialists at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to find out how providing Advice & Guidance benefits them.

Respiratory and Gynaecology Advice & Guidance across the NHS
We spoke with three clinicians in participating areas to find out how Enhanced Advice & Guidance benefits them and their patients.

GP and consultant case study: Trauma & Orthopaedics Advice & Guidance
We spoke with a GP and a consultant to find out how Trauma & Orthopaedics Advice & Guidance via Consultant Connect can expedite care for patients.

GP and consultant case study: Cardiology in South East London
Dr Patrick Davey is a Consultant Cardiologist on the National Consultant Network. He answers Telephone Advice & Guidance calls from GPs around the country, such as Drs Guallar and Ross in South East London.

Area case study: Enhanced Prof-to-Prof Advice in Tayside
Three clinicians describe how the use of Prof-to-Prof advice benefits them and their patients' care.
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