This Men’s Health Week, we’re showcasing how Enhanced Advice & Guidance has been employed across the NHS to enhance patient care for men.
How Enhanced Advice & Guidance can help provide the best care this Men’s Health Week
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How Consultant Connect is supporting clinicians to provide the best care for women
Highlighting women’s health issues and priorities, National Women’s Health Week aims to encourage women to prioritise their physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
SDEC: Growth and Impact
What is the impact of moving SDEC access to Consultant Connect? We’ve crunched the numbers to reveal the impressive impact and growth of SDEC lines available via Consultant Connect in the last 12 months.
12,000 patients benefit from virtual clinical capacity project in one NHS Trust
What started in 2022 as a Referral Triage and Validation pilot to clear a backlog of neurology referrals in an NHS Trust, quickly expanded to cover more specialties and workstreams, benefiting nearly 12,000 patients to date.
Improving access to specialist care for patients with diabetes
With 63% of people with diabetes saying that the fear of developing diabetes-related complications affects their well-being, raising awareness of timely access to diabetes care is paramount in supporting patients’ welfare.
SPoA – It doesn’t have to be one size fits all
With the recent publication of NHSE’s SPoA guidance we share some of the best practice examples from across the UK where specialist advice access can help meet the requirements the guidance sets out.
How Advice & Guidance via Consultant Connect is helping to bridge the gap between physical and mental health
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.
How Consultant Connect is operating in Salford Care Organisation
In November 2020, Salford Care Organisation needed a way of providing same-day urgent advice to clinicians whilst reducing unnecessary hospital admissions. As a result, Enhanced Advice & Guidance provided by Consultant Connect was implemented.
A Doctor Writes – Rapid A&G can help with winter resilience
Dr David Griffiths is a practicing GP and Medical Director of Consultant Connect. In this short article, Dr Griffiths tells us more about the effects of winter on primary care, and what tools can help.
‘On demand’ capacity for enhanced clinical triage and validation
Trusts with local consultant capacity challenges are benefiting from extra temporary virtual NHS consultants to triage their waiting lists via our ‘on demand’ enhanced clinical triage and validation service.