Some interesting changes suggested here; patients getting the results of scans the same day and more support to patients to ‘wait well’ before operations. But I think this is going to a while to implement and I’m interested to see what various stakeholders think about this. - ThreadSky

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georgeclews.bsky.social • 55 days ago

Some interesting changes suggested here; patients getting the results of scans the same day and more support to patients to ‘wait well’ before operations.

But I think this is going to a while to implement and I’m interested to see what various stakeholders think about this.

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georgeclews.bsky.social•55 days ago

1). Patients being able to request scans/tests without seeing a consultant.

Do they mean GPs will have access to more tests? I think this is largely a good thing, especially for well-defined NICE pathways.

georgeclews.bsky.social•55 days ago

Does this mean patients can submit forms for tests themselves? Potentially good, although important to know how they are going to be followed up, especially if unusually findings are seen or a patient no longer fits the pathway.

georgeclews.bsky.social•55 days ago

2). If patients are going to get scan results on the same day, does that mean patients will have a scan in the morning, MDT at lunch and result discussed in the afternoon?

Could be amazing for patients though will take a lot of co-ordination from hospitals to pull it off!

georgeclews.bsky.social•55 days ago

3). Full agree with the waiting well principle and something we should be pushing more! Arguably this should be starting from the moment of referral but we should be stressing this at every patient encounter along the perioperative journey.

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