Advice & Guidance from our network of NHS experts
Many patients can be treated very effectively in primary care, reducing pressure on secondary care services.
But to do this GPs must have the option of getting rapid and reliable access to specialist opinion – ideally by phone.
Our Phone Advice & Guidance service has been proven to connect clinicians in this way in just 35 seconds (UK average).
Key benefits of the National Network:
- GPs have rapid access to specialist Advice & Guidance via phone
- NHS consultants answer calls
- All calls are recorded for medico-legal purposes
- All outcomes are tracked
- Fully IG-secure, GDPR-compliant, and paperless
- Easy and quick to implement
To find out more, read on or call us on 01865 261467.
Hospital/trust?
The National Network can free up your consultants, acting as a backstop when they can’t respond or by providing specialities that are not available locally.
CCG?
Get off to a flying start with the NHS Long-Term Plan by using the National Network to deliver fully staffed immediate Advice & Guidance support to GPs.
Elective Care
Our National Network for Elective Care comprises NHS consultants who are able to answer calls or written requests for advice. For example, they may work part time and be willing to take calls on their days off. These consultants are able to:
- Support your local consultants, acting as a backstop when they can’t respond to requests; and/or
- Provide specialties that are not available locally, e.g. neurology, dermatology etc; or
- Answer all Phone Advice & Guidance calls from GPs – leaving local consultants free to help the patients they need to see.
We cover most specialties including:
- Cardiology
- Dermatology
- Diabetes and Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Gynaecology
- Haematology
- Neurology
- Paediatrics
- Rheumatology
- Urology
Mental Health
Our National Network for Mental Health comprises fully trained and accredited NHS Psychiatrists, Pharmacists and Nurse Prescribers that will answer medication/prescribing Advice & Guidance calls.
We offer two medication lines: one for children and young people and one for working age adults.
We understand the importance of keeping young people and adults managed in primary care where it is clinically appropriate to do so and reducing the number of people unnecessarily added to long waiting lists in secondary care.
Our medication advice lines support with:
- Medication reviews
- Potential interactions between drugs and side effects
- Supporting primary care prescribing
- Confirming NICE guidance
We offer this service to support GPs with managing a range of conditions in primary care including Anxiety, Depression, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism, and Psychosis.
The National Network in practice – what our customers think:
%
of calls to the National Network have avoided an unnecessary admission or referral.
Why it works
In our short video, senior NHS leaders explain why using immediate Advice & Guidance helps them manage demand for services – watch to find out more.
Quick to set up
The typical length of time that it takes to launch a Consultant Connect Advice & Guidance project is six weeks (we have launched projects in two weeks before) and the impact is immediate.
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