PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Samuel Burrows
AU  - Claire Asby
AU  - Sarah E Ibitoye
AU  - James Dodd
AU  - Andrea Joughin
AU  - Amy Crees
AU  - Zoe Jones
AU  - Katie Rainey
TI  - Establishing a remote clinical advice service during the COVID-19 pandemic
AID  - 10.7861/fhj.2020-0092
DP  - 2020 Aug 30
TA  - Future Healthcare Journal
PG  - fhj.2020-0092
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/early/2020/09/10/fhj.2020-0092.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/early/2020/09/10/fhj.2020-0092.full
AB  - Service redevelopment has taken place across the NHS in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. At North Bristol NHS Trust, six vulnerable medical staff in non-patient facing roles set up a virtual advice service called ‘Ask the Medical Reg’. This service aimed to provide senior medical support to inpatient and community teams for general medical and COVID-19-related queries. Here we outline the structure of our service and present data from the first 4 weeks of operation. We describe how the service has supported both junior doctors working within the hospital and GPs and paramedics, helping with complex decisions to prevent unnecessary admissions.