RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Respiratory specialists working in different ways: Development of a GP hotline and respiratory support service during the COVID-19 pandemic
JF Future Healthcare Journal
JO Future Healthc J
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP fhj.2020-0082
DO 10.7861/fhj.2020-0082
A1 Kartik Kumar
A1 Vincent Mak
A1 Katherine Groom
A1 Yasmin Razak
A1 Joanna L Brown
A1 Toby Hyde
A1 Anna Bokobza
A1 Robina K Coker
A1 Mohini Parmar
A1 Ernie Wong
A1 Loong-Yuan Han
A1 Sarah L Elkin
YR 2020
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/early/2020/08/28/fhj.2020-0082.abstract
AB Integration of primary and secondary care for the management of respiratory disease is a long-held ambition. Here, we describe how respiratory specialists at a large NHS trust, working with primary care clinicians in the area, set up a GP hotline and respiratory support service in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim of enhancing delivery of care to patients in this unprecedented time. Working across traditional organisational boundaries in this way confers benefits to patients and clinicians, illustrating the value of new, integrated models of care.