Delivery of hospital discharge letters to general practitioners

Letters from Psychiatrists to General Practitioners

The need for clear communication in medicine is often stressed, but of all aspects of medical communication probably the least attention is given to that between doctors themselves. The structure of the NHS and the mode of referral from general practitioners (GPs) to specialists mean that the quality of communication between OP and specialist has a strong influence on the way patients are manag...

Referral letters from general practitioners.

If continuity of care is to be preserved, then the process by which a patient is referred to hospital is important. We have analysed a series of letters of referral from general practitioners with special reference to the diagnoses made and the inclusion of a relevant history.

Usefulness of letters from hospitals to general practitioners.

In an investigation of the communication between specialist hospital departments and general practitioners 97 general practitioners were asked to say how important selected items of information that the hospital could pass on would be for management of a patient receiving chemotherapy. In addition, the records of 68 patients were examined for coverage of these topics. General practitioners cons...

Quality of Discharge Summaries sent by a Regional Hospital to General Practitioners

Quality of Discharge Summaries sent by a Regional Hospital to General Practitioners