TY - JOUR T1 - Plans for restart following COVID-19 should consider the whole system including the impact on diagnostic services, not just the demands of frontline clinics JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - e184 LP - e185 DO - 10.7861/fhj.Let.8.1.2 VL - 8 IS - 1 AU - Gareth Payne Y1 - 2021/03/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/8/1/e184.2.abstract N2 - Editor – The Royal College of Physicians’ teach-in ‘Resetting of services post COVID-19’ on 29 June 2020 had some helpful advice and observations.1 Concerning was the recommendation by one of the speakers that physicians should consider arranging diagnostic tests prior to seeing patients as a way of mitigating the impact of social distancing and return to work.As a neurophysiologist running a diagnostic service, I would like to outline the adverse consequences of pursuing this route.Most diagnostic departments struggled to deliver a timely service prior to COVID-19. Any increase in referrals just shifts the … ER -