Kat James, Director of New Projects at Consultant Connect, one of the UK’s leading telemedicine providers, explains how the use of technology can help patients in deprived areas access better healthcare by streamlining communication between primary care doctors and specialists.
Consultant Connect’s technology is being used in Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust (BHT) to give GPs and paramedics a single phone number to contact senior clinicians for quick referral advice.
In this blog article, Dr Griffiths, a practising GP and the Medical Director of Consultant Connect, writes about how technological advances are supporting mental health.
NHS colleagues share feedback on NHSE’s ‘Reforming Elective Care for Patients’ plan published over a week ago.
The first person someone with a mental health problem is likely to turn to for professional help is their GP, who is expected to deal with them in an appropriate manner and within the 10-minute consultation window.
The ‘Reforming Elective Care for Patients’ plan, which will impact every part of the NHS in England, from GPs to ICBs to Trusts, makes specialist Advice & Guidance (A&G) and clinical validation essential in reducing friction for patients and reducing waiting lists.
Using Consultant Connect has become the gold standard within the dermatology team at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
There’s nothing more powerful than case studies to highlight the benefits of Teledermatology to patients and clinicians. This article features a selection of pieces which show how our services are playing a significant part in improving patient care.
Find out how the National Consultant Network is helping NHS areas needing extra clinical capacity. It’s a switch on/switch off service.
What started in 2022 as a Referral Triage and Validation pilot to clear a backlog of neurology referrals in an NHS Trust, quickly expanded to cover more specialties and workstreams, benefiting nearly 12,000 patients to date.