GP App Case Studies
Read our latest Consultant Connect App case studies to find out more.
GP App Case Studies
Why use the
Consultant Connect App?
Telephone Advice & Guidance
It’s quick – clinicians tap the screen, see which specialties are available from their local hospital(s) and select the relevant one to call. They’ll also find useful information like the opening hours for each specialty. Find out more.
Photo Advice & Guidance
They can also take IG secure clinical photos and add notes the no-hassle way. Images are stored in an IG secure and GDPR compliant cloud (not on their phone). In areas where this is enabled, the photos and a PDF summary can also be automatically sent to the clinician’s NHS email address. Find out more.
Send Secure Messages
In areas where Messages is enabled, clinicians can share images and send messages immediately for Advice & Guidance (at the touch of a button – no need to use email). Find out more.
Monitor Activity & earn CPD credits
Clinicians can access a useful record of their activity within the Consultant Connect App. Primary care clinicians can also earn CPD credits when they use the App for Advice & Guidance – find out more.
Telephone Advice & Guidance
It’s quick – within the app, clinicians tap the screen to:
- See which specialties are available from their local hospital(s).
- Select the relevant one to call.
- See useful information like the opening hours for each specialty.
Photo Advice & Guidance for Teledermatology
Within the app, clinicians can:
- Take IG secure clinical photos, add notes.
- Images are stored in an IG secure and GDPR compliant cloud.
- Images can be accessed in the cloud via the web browser.
- The use of the PhotoSAF feature is ‘universal’ and is increasingly being used across different specialties
Send Secure Messages
In areas where enabled, within the app, clinicians can:
- Take secure photos using PhotoSAF
- Share images and send messages immediately.
- Receive advice, close the case and record patient outcome.
Monitor Activity
Within the app, clinicians can access:
- A useful record of their activity.
- Use this record as CPD evidence.
The Consultant Connect App is free to clinicians within participating areas
First, download the app by searching for ‘Consultant Connect’ on Google Play or the App Store.
Once you have signed up, you can use the features* shown below:
To download the Consultant Connect App, click on the relevant logo below.
Once you have downloaded the app, sign up in four easy steps:
- Open the Consultant Connect App on your phone and click sign up.
- Enter your name, email address and create a password (use your NHS email address).
- Provide your surgery name and select a role.
- Confirm your email address and mobile number and start using the app!
Getting started with the Consultant Connect App
How to sign up to the Consultant Connect App
How it works | Telephone Advice & Guidance via the Consultant Connect App
How it works | Photo Messaging Advice & Guidance via the Consultant Connect App
Your profile feature on the Consultant Connect App
How it works | Safe Clinical Photography via the PhotoSAF feature on the Consultant Connect App
What app users say:
App Case Studies
GP Case Study: Cardiology and Elderly Care
Dr Yama Rasekh is a GP at Vine House Health Centre, in the Herts Valleys CCG area. In this article, Dr Rasekh speaks to us about his experience of using the Consultant Connect service.
GP Case Study: Haematology, Rheumatology and Endocrinology
Dr Cowan has been a GP for 22 years and currently works at the Nap Surgery, in Kings Langley in the Herts Valleys CCG area. We caught up with Dr Cowan to ask her about her experience of using the Consultant Connect service.
GP Case Study: Cardiology
In October 2021, Telephone Advice & Guidance via Consultant Connect was launched in NHS West Essex CCG. Since the launch, over 60% of GP surgeries and more than 90 GPs have used the service.
5 minutes with a Paediatric Consultant
Dr Gupta talks to us about his personal experience of answering Advice & Guidance queries from local primary care colleagues through the Consultant Connect service…
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