An evidenced ‐based strategy for timely delivery of clinical letters

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.

Source: Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry - March 19, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Eve Corson, Claire Hargreaves, Sarah Grimshaw, Joanna Wiggans, Sarah Mitchell, Ruth Toon, Claire Palmer, David Cox, Charlotte Pretorius, Ellen Wilkinson, Richard Laugharne, Rohit Shankar Tags: Original short report Source Type: research