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.
patient pathway; NHS pathway; patients
patient pathway; NHS pathway; patients
Overnight GP advice for Virtual Wards
Consultant Connect’s overnight advice service for virtual wards is set up so that clinicians can call GPs if patients’ conditions change.
In The Press: The impact of technology on NHS waiting times
Read Building Better Healthcare’s interview with Henry Maas, head of new initiatives at Consultant Connect.
Impact of Neurology Triage
In this article, we share an example of how our consultant-led Referral Triage and Validation service is being used to reduce neurology waiting lists.
The remote NHS consultants helping to tackle the NHS waiting list crisis
Have you heard of the remote NHS consultants who are helping NHS areas across the country clear their waiting lists? The service can be switched on at pace, meaning the impact on patient care is immediate.
Case Study: Providing urgent health care at home for older people living with frailty
NHS Confederation recently published a case study about the Silver Triage initiative, enabling specialist geriatricians to provide advice, via Consultant Connect, to ambulance paramedics who are assessing older people.
Watch | BBC East Midlands Today – Consultant Connect in Leicester
BBC East Midlands Today’s Health Correspondent Rob Sissons reports on how Consultant Connect tech is being used across Leicester to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and support patients to be treated in the right place at the right time.
Dermatology triage manages clinical risk and captures upgraded patients to 2WW
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals recently used our Referral Triage service to support their long waiters list in Dermatology. One clear benefit of the work is in the management of clinical risk as it’s capturing the upgraded patients to 2WW as all cases are now triaged.
The Dentistry Project that is streamlining patient care in Swansea Bay
Expert Advice & Guidance in bridging the gap between Primary care clinicians, and specialists in orthodontics and restorative dentistry in first-of-it’s-kind project
In The Press: New ‘silver triage’ service to help avoid unnecessary hospital trips
Consultant Connect’s ‘silver triage’ project in North London recently featured in Evening Standard.