To create an appointment at the Trust the following steps should be taken:
The GP Liaison Service was established by University Hospital in 2006. The service offers a single point of contact for emergency referrals and ensures that GPs are provided with the most appropriate pathway for their patients.
Following recent consultations with local GPs, improvements have been made to the service which aims to provide efficient and effective communication with all GPs.
The benefits of the service include:
Admission to the hospital’s Emergency Department / Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) may not always be the most direct route for patients to receive the care they need. The hospital is continually striving to improve access to its services and has created some fast-track clinics to enable patients to be seen as soon as possible by the most relevant specialty.
The GP Liaison Nurse can advise on, and facilitate admission to the most appropriate specialist service according to individual patient needs.
In this way the GP Liaison service aims to reduce inappropriate emergency admissions and ensures that GPs have access to specialist services and fast track clinics, in addition to the hospital’s Emergency Department/MAU.
The service is available Monday to Friday, 10am-6pm. Please contact Paula Dodgson GP Liaison Nurse:
Please find attached the compliment slip.
Patients and relatives are not able to use these contact details to request information.
There are alterative pathways and clinics within the Trust and the community to send your patients other than the Emergency Department / Medical Assessment Unit.
Please use the GP Liaison Service as designed. There is no need to call the Speciality on call, once you have spoken to the GP Liaison Nurse. I also give out advice (if I am unable to help I will contact the relevant team).
* All contact details are not for use by patients.
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