NHS Trusts across the country continue to turn to our clinically-led Referral Triage and Clinical Validation service to reduce their waiting lists backlogs and new patient referrals. We recently triaged over 1,200 dermatology referrals in Hywel Dda University Health Board, read on to find out more.
Project News
Project News
Consultant Connect helps 200,000+ patients avoid unnecessary hospital trips
The Business Magazine published an article highlighting Consultant Connect’s successful 2023, saving more than 200,000 patients from needless trips to the hospital.
SWFT and Consultant Connect | Health Tech Case Study of the Year
We are delighted to announce that South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT) has been shortlisted as a finalist for the HTN Awards 2024 in the category of Health Tech Case Study of the Year.
2023 Consultant Connect Awards: Special Achievement
2023 Consultant Connect Awards – read on to find out the winners of the Special Achievement category…
2023 Consultant Connect Awards: Patient Impact – Best Overall Projects
2023 Consultant Connect Awards – read on to find out the winners of the Patient Impact: Best Overall Projects category…
Using Consultant Connect for Frailty pathways
Joe Matthews, Senior Urgent and Emergency Care Lead at NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) ICB, discusses how relaunching their frailty line with Consultant Connect August 2021 has allowed Primary Care clinicians and ambulance teams to have a conversation and practice the ‘call before convey’ method before unnecessarily bringing a frailty patient into a busy ED.
Reduce Neurology waiting lists by 30-50%
Our ‘switch-off/switch-on’ National Consultant Network supports neurology teams across the country working remotely to triage waiting lists. Consultants follow local pathways and protocols, under the leadership of local clinical leads.
Reduce referral-to-treatment wait times through triage and validation
Hear from a Neurology and Dermatology consultant on how the National Consultant Network is helping NHS areas needing extra clinical capacity to reduce their waiting lists. It’s a switch on/switch off service.
Remote clinical capacity on demand
Find out how the National Consultant Network is helping NHS areas needing extra clinical capacity. It’s a switch on/switch off service.
‘Call before convey’ in NHS Lanarkshire: From 3-day pilot to business as usual
Consultant Connect has been connecting Primary Care clinicians with specialists in Lanarkshire for Professional-to-Professional Advice since November 2020. In August 2023, NHS Lanarkshire launched a ‘call before convey’ pilot encouraging Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) clinicians across the Health Board to use Consultant Connect to contact local ED consultants, within the Flow Navigation Centre, when seeing patients with non-life-threatening conditions.