The Suspected Head & Neck Cancer messaging service was launched in May 2023 to all clinicians in North Central London ICB. We caught up with the Lead Head & Neck and Thyroid Clinical Nurse Specialist who manages the line, and a GP who used the line to find out more.
Using rapid advice health-tech to connect Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) paramedics with specialists has helped NHS Tayside to achieve the lowest ambulance conveyance rate in Scotland.
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.
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.
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.
Why does moving local specialty hotlines to Consultant Connect centralise the whole Advice & Guidance process making things much easier for clinicians, specialists, and commissioners?
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.
For over nine years, Consultant Connect has been rapidly connecting NHS healthcare professionals for pre-referral Advice & Guidance (A&G). Discover our headline trends…
Traditionally, this is the time of year when ‘surprise’ NHS winter money is released.