‘Unintended consequences is what I’m scared of’ – that was the feedback from a senior ICB source this week when asked what they thought of the new NHSE Advice & Guidance spec last month. Read on to find out how we think ICBs can strike the balance…
Doctors in Leicestershire use Consultant Connect technology to hunt down local specialists for advice and guidance to make sure patients avoid going to hospital unnecessarily.
GIRFT’s handbook ‘Further Faster Ear, Nose and Throat’ provides best practice guidance to accelerate the reductions of E.N.T waiting lists. Here’s where a remote service that works on local systems and utilises NHS consultants from out of area can support with some of the tasks.
Henry Maas, Head of New Initiatives at Consultant Connect, writes about the logic behind the new reforms and how tech will need to play into their execution.
GIRFT’s handbook ‘Further Faster Neurology’ provides best practice guidance to accelerate the reductions of neurology waiting lists. Here’s where remote ‘virtual locum’ NHS consultants fit in.
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 ‘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.