With the recent publication of NHSE’s SPoA guidance we share some of the best practice examples from across the UK where specialist advice access can help meet the requirements the guidance sets out.
Is your current Advice & Guidance (A&G) activity unlocking all your eligible Elective Recovery Fund (ERF) money? Patients diverted away from hospital through A&G attract a tariff of £225, but if your monthly A&G data reporting to EROC is falling through the cracks, you could be missing out!
NHS England recently published new guidance for FRAILTY strategies to support the delivery of frailty pathways which Consultant Connect can help to implement.
Moving local hotline arrangements such as ‘on-call’ or ‘hot-week’ consultant lines to Consultant Connect brings everything in one place, centralising the whole Advice & Guidance process, delivering efficiencies, and benefiting all parties involved. This is exactly what happened to the ‘Integrated Elderly Care Silver Phone’ in Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT).
South East London ICB have set up links to efficiently route GPs to their Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) services, allowing for a more specialised approach when it comes to treating patients requiring urgent medical care. We recently caught up with Dr Roshan Navin, Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) Clinical Lead for Acute Medicine & SDEC to find out about his experience of the SDEC service via Consultant Connect.
Following World Menopause Day on 18th October, we share how we can improve the well-being of gynaecology patients and those experiencing menopause symptoms.
Why does moving local specialty hotlines to Consultant Connect centralise the whole Advice & Guidance process making things much easier for clinicians, specialists, and commissioners?
The fact that hospitals are overwhelmed and not always the best place to navigate certain types of patients is not new information. That’s why four NHS leaders from across the UK shared insight into how they’ve set up proven UEC pathways at our recent webinar.
Advances in healthcare mean more of us are living longer, and, in recognition of the International Day of Older People, we’re showcasing how we support clinicians in providing the best care for these patients.
In England, the NHS’ Long Term Plan identifies CVD as a clinical priority and the single biggest condition in which lives can be saved over the next 10 years.