Since November 2024, clinicians within the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) have had the ability to seek specialist input from the Tissue Viability Team via Consultant Connect for wound management at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust.
The Tissue Viability Photo Messaging service enables clinicians within South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust to securely send high-quality patient images to the Tissue Viability Team.
Following the launch, in April 2022, of NHS England’s national Hospital @Home (H@H) programme, the ICB within Greater Manchester received funding to develop H@H services across the Northern Care Alliance (NCA).
Since November 2022, health visiting and midwifery clinicians in Hywel Dda University Health Board have had access to the Perinatal Mental Health line via Consultant Connect. We spoke with the Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Service Manager, who provides advice via this line to find out about her experience.
We caught up with the Lead Head & Neck and Thyroid Clinical Nurse Specialist who manages the line, and a GP to find out more about the Suspected Head & Neck Cancer messaging service in North Central London ICB.
Since May 2022, Liz Collinson, Lead Nurse in Glasgow, has been answering Prof-to-Prof advice calls to the OPAT line, from GPs, in the area via Consultant Connect. Liz tells us more about the pathway.
Sally Shaw tells us about the rapid telephone service provided by Consultant Connect which is believed to be the only nurse-led service of its kind in the country.
In April 2022, the rheumatology department at Salford Royal implemented Consultant Connect Telephone Advice & Guidance as a replacement service for their bleep system.
Maxima Spanakis talks to us about how using Consultant Connect for the nurse-led advice line has improved patient care.
We spoke with three healthcare professionals to understand how Enhanced Advice & Guidance plays a role in three different healthcare settings.