If you've whittled it right down to only scaphoids, I suggest they're easy
enough to pass on to orthopods if you really have to!
AF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Boyle" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: Emergency Department Review Clinics
>I would happily never do another review clinic. I think they are a huge
>waste of time. We have gradually got rid of most things, but scaphoids. I
>feel they should eventually go, once we have proper access to imaging and
>senior staff
>
> adrian
>
>
> On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:30:18 +0000
> Andrew Webster <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> There was an EMJ paper in 2003 which showed that around 93% of
>> departments
>> were running some form of review clinics.
>>
>> I would be interested to know
>>
>> Are you still running some form of follow up clinic in your department?
>>
>>
>> Do you think they are an important part of modern Emergency Care with all
>> the other pressures that are on us?
>>
>>
>> Can and should this work be done by "specialty teams or by Primary care"?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Andy Webster
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