An evidenced‐based strategy for timely delivery of clinical letters. Issue 1 (March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Corson, Eve; Hargreaves, Claire; Grimshaw, Sarah; Wiggans, Joanna; Mitchell, Sarah; Toon, Ruth; Palmer, Claire; Cox, David; Pretorius, Charlotte; Wilkinson, Ellen; Laugharne, Richard; Shankar, Rohit
• Is Part Of: Progress in neurology and psychiatry. Volume 21:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 11
• Page End: 14
• Publication Date: 2017-03
• Subjects: Neurology -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Periodicals; 616.805
• DOI: 10.1002/pnp.456
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1367-7543

Abstract

Abstract : In the UK, clinical letters are the most common way for doctors to communicate information about patients but no identified national standards exist on how soon non‐urgent clinical letters should be dispatched. Here, Dr Shankar and colleagues discuss their audit of time taken for GPs to receive a clinic letter and suggest ways for improving practice.