Using e-RS Advice and Guidance

Dear City and Hackney GPs,

There are now 10 specialties that have e-RS Advice and Guidance available to City and Hackney GPs at the Homerton.  These include Rheumatology, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Gynaecology, Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology, Geriatric Medicine, Paediatrics and General Surgery.

I would be very grateful if you could share your views on using e-RS Advice and Guidance by completing the 8 short questions below by Friday 27 July 2018.

Many thanks
Helen Crane, City and Hackney CCG

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* 1. Before making a referral to secondary care, do you routinely discuss your referrals with your GP practice colleagues?

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* 2. Do you find e-RS Advice and Guidance easy to use from an IT system perspective?

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* 3. If the answer to Question 2 is No, what aspect of using e-RS Advice and Guidance do you find the most difficult?

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* 4. e-RS Advice and Guidance should be received from the consultant within a 48 hour timeframe.  Have you/do you receive the clinical Advice and Guidance within this timeframe?

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* 5. If your answer to Question 4 was No or Sometimes, what specialities have been outside the 48 hour time frame?

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* 6. Has the quality of the Advice and Guidance been robust enough to make a clinical decision whether or not to refer?

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* 7. Has the clinical advice received enabled you to clinically manage the patient yourself safely?

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* 8. What improvements could be made to e-RS Advice and Guidance to make it a more useful clinical advice service?

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* 9. Your details (optional).   Many thanks for taking the time to complete the survey.

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