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Primary Care Customer Area
Telephone Advice & Guidance, delivered by Consultant Connect, routes primary care clinician calls to a rota of specialist NHS consultants rather than individual NHS consultants. If the first consultant is unable to answer your call, the service automatically moves the clinician’s call onto the next available consultant. The time it takes a primary care clinician to connect to a consultant this way is just 27 seconds (UK average).
Secondary Care Customer Area
Nearly 5,000 NHS consultants across the United Kingdom use the Consultant Connect service to make and/or answer Advice & Guidance calls. If you are a secondary care clinician with access to Consultant Connect, click the button below to find out more.
In numbers
Used by over 75 CCG/Health Board areas
Used by over 80 Hospitals
Over £42 million NHS savings to date
Covering more than 27 million patients
Used by over 75 CCG/Health Board areas
Used by over 80 Hospitals
Over £42 million NHS savings to date
Covering more than 27 million patients
Case studies
We work with over 75 CCGs/Health Boards, 80 Hospitals, and thousands of GP practices. Find out how we help them:
Nurse case study: Diabetic Podiatry
Sylvanna Sandhu, a Diabetes Foot Nurse Specialist in South Warwickshire, describes how she uses Photo Advice & Guidance on the Consultant Connect App.
Paramedic case study: WAST
Matt Kenyon, a paramedic in Powys, describes his experience of using Telephone Advice & Guidance on the Consultant Connect App.
GP case study: Dermatology
Dr Pam Linney has been a GP for 28 years, she currently works at St Georges Crescent Surgery in Wrexham, within the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Wales. Consultant ...
GP case study: Answering SCAS calls
Dr Simon Hodes describes how answering Telephone Advice & Guidance calls from 999 ambulance crews and clinical support desk staff saves NHS resources.
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