Planned Care – Alternatives to Referral

19th December 2018

As most of us will be aware, services across primary and secondary care are stretched beyond capacity, leading to long waits for routine out-patient appointments, delays to patient pathways, cancelled and postponed appointments along with all the additional burden that brings to primary care.

As our main secondary care provider, the CCG have been working closely with Stockport Foundation Trust to improve services for patients. This will involve all clinicians, both primary and secondary care, working differently, to make most effective use of resources available.

This article is to highlight services that may offer alternatives to traditional face to face secondary care appointments.