This International Nurses Day, we’re taking the opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the contribution nurses make to the NHS.
How nurses utilise Consultant Connect services across the UK
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Project News
Project News
Transforming USC dermatology triage in Sheffield
Sheffield Teaching Hospital’s urgent suspected cancer (USC) dermatology pathway has been redesigned to deliver faster patient care by optimising referral quality. Since December 2024, over 9,000 referrals have been reviewed, resulting in a significant improvement in waiting list performance.
How Advice & Guidance via Consultant Connect is helping to bridge the gap between physical and mental health
This Mental Health Awareness Week, we want to celebrate how NHS healthcare professionals are utilising Consultant Connect services to support with ensuring patients receive the right care faster.
How do consultants manage increased A&G workload?
It is undoubtedly proven that Advice & Guidance (A&G) avoids unnecessary hospital visits. However, for A&G to be truly effective, specialists need to manage the workload and reply promptly and reliably.
Exclusive pathway data: how many referrals to acutes could be seen in the community?
As well as helping clear backlogs, triage outcomes highlighted where existing pathways were helping patients access the right care, and where there were opportunities for pathway re-design.
The benefits of Referral Triage
Our Referral Triage and Clinical Validation service uses the expertise of NHS consultants who work remotely as ‘virtual locums’ to triage referral backlogs in bulk and new referrals as they come in.
Two ways to relieve pressures on hospital teams
In this article, we share examples of how virtual clinical capacities are supporting NHS areas across the UK relieve pressures on local teams and improve patient care.
Reducing waiting lists efficiently
Consultant Connect’s clinically-led Referral Triage and Validation service supports specialty teams to reduce their waiting list backlogs in bulk and/or new referrals as they come in.
Impact of neurology triage: divert 43% of referrals
In this article, we share an example of how our consultant-led Referral Triage and Validation service is being used to reduce neurology waiting lists.
How to put out the waiting list fire and make sure it never sparks again
Kat James, Managing Director at Consultant Connect, shares her thoughts on tackling NHS waiting lists and explains how the company is supporting NHS trusts to reduce their waiting lists using remote consultants.