An evidenced-based strategy for timely delivery of clinical letters

Eve Corson; Claire Hargreaves; Sarah Grimshaw; Joanna Wiggans; Sarah Mitchell; Ruth Toon; Claire Palmer; David Cox; Charlotte Pretorius; Ellen Wilkinson; Richard Laugharne; Rohit Shankar

doi:10.1002/pnp.456

An evidenced-based strategy for timely delivery of clinical letters

Eve Corson, Claire Hargreaves, Sarah Grimshaw, Joanna Wiggans, Sarah Mitchell, Ruth Toon, Claire Palmer, David Cox, Charlotte Pretorius, Ellen Wilkinson, Richard Laugharne, Rohit Shankar

Peninsula Medical School

NHS Foundation Trust

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	11-14
Number of pages	4
Journal	Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry
Volume	21
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pnp.456
Publication status	Published - 20 Mar 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Psychiatric Mental Health
Neurology
Neurology (clinical)
Psychiatry and Mental Health

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