- 1.4.2/ Patients attending the L Patients are given the Fewer complaints from From A new patient information brochure has Continuity medical clinic at new patient brochure patients about not seeing January been developed to explain to patients of Newcastle understand Diabetes the same clinician. 2017 the notion of specialist assessment and titled “Adult the clinic structure Services in Greater care, with timely discharge for ongoing care better, and the rationale and management by their GP, when Newcastle” for discharge back to explain to long term appropriate. This needs to be given to their GP for ongoing patients that they may all new patients as well as available for management. not be seeing their referring doctors for their patients. Staff “regular” Specialist.
1.4.2/ Continuity of care Patients attending the medical clinic at Newcastle understand the clinic structure better, and the rationale for discharge back to their GP for ongoing management. L Patients are given the new patient brochure titled “Adult Diabetes Services in Greater Newcastle” and explain to long term patients that they may not be seeing their “regular” Staff Specialist. Fewer complaints from patients about not seeing the same clinician. From January 2017 A new patient information brochure has been developed to explain to patients the notion of specialist assessment and care, with timely discharge for ongoing management by their GP, when appropriate. This needs to be given to all new patients as well as available for referring doctors for their patients. -