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- Title
Survey of prioritizing/triaging of appointments in genitourinary medicine clinics in the UK: a British Co-operative Clinical Group survey.
- Authors
Alawattegama, A. B.; Rajamanoharan, S.; Maw, R.; Carne, C. A.
- Abstract
A questionnaire was circulated to all lead genitourinary (GU) medicine physicians in the UK in November 2003 to obtain data on access, waiting times and triaging. Of the 143 responders, 92.3% departments had limited access to some or all GU medicine clinics. Where access was limited, 5.3% had no identifiable process in place to see urgent patients. The mean waiting times in clinics with an open appointment system only for a routine female and male appointment were 2.9 weeks and 2.8 weeks (range 2 days–10 weeks), respectively, and for an urgent appointment, two days (range same day–14 days), for both sexes. The survey has raised concerns that a number of departments did not consider as urgent for prioritizing, patients with documented untreated gonorrhoea, syphilis, or HIV, or contacts of patients with these conditions. This survey has highlighted a need for the national specialist society to provide guidance on prioritizing patients where access is limited.
- Subjects
MEDICAL triage; QUESTIONNAIRES; GENITOURINARY diseases; PHYSICIANS; PATIENTS
- Publication
International Journal of STD & AIDS, 2006, Vol 17, Issue 4, p230
- ISSN
0956-4624
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1258/095646206776253381