An ICB in the North of England is demonstrating how Enhanced Advice & Guidance (A&G) can reduce unnecessary dermatology referrals by giving clinicians rapid access to specialist expertise.
Sheffield Teaching Hospital’s urgent suspected cancer (USC) dermatology pathway has been redesigned to deliver faster patient care by optimising referral quality. Since December 2024, over 10,800 referrals have been reviewed, resulting in a significant improvement in waiting list performance.
Our Referral Triage and Clinical Validation service uses the expertise of NHS consultants who work remotely as ‘virtual locums’ to triage referral backlogs in bulk and new referrals as they come in.
This International Nurses Day, we’re taking the opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the contribution nurses make to the NHS.
This Mental Health Awareness Week, we want to celebrate how NHS healthcare professionals are utilising Consultant Connect services to support with ensuring patients receive the right care faster.
It is undoubtedly proven that Advice & Guidance (A&G) avoids unnecessary hospital visits. However, for A&G to be truly effective, specialists need to manage the workload and reply promptly and reliably.
As well as helping clear backlogs, triage outcomes highlighted where existing pathways were helping patients access the right care, and where there were opportunities for pathway re-design.
In this article, we share examples of how virtual clinical capacities are supporting NHS areas across the UK relieve pressures on local teams and improve patient care.
Consultant Connect’s clinically-led Referral Triage and Validation service supports specialty teams to reduce their waiting list backlogs in bulk and/or new referrals as they come in.
In this article, we share an example of how our consultant-led Referral Triage and Validation service is being used to reduce neurology waiting lists.