Rheumatology Services
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We provide community rheumatology services, staffed by consultant rheumatologists, physiotherapy and nurse clinical specialists.
Key features of our offer:
- Experience in operating community rheumatology services for the NHS since 2015
- Single point of access and experienced triage to ensure right place, first time
- Freeing up capacity in secondary care rheumatology
- Live data warehouse reporting a range of data on rheumatology patients informing service development, improving the patient pathway and outcomes
- Improved pick up of conditions such as ankylosing spondylitis which we have evidenced and published
- Service integrated with secondary care with MDT meetings and case discussion
- Support to primary care in education and advice and guidance
- Opportunity for cross working of staff between community and secondary care and shared educational programmes
- Excellent patient experience with a 92.63% Positive PREMS score
