TY - JOUR T1 - Future Hospital update from Wales JF - Future Hospital Journal JO - Future Hosp J SP - 89 LP - 89 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.3-2-89 VL - 3 IS - 2 AU - Rhid Dowdle Y1 - 2016/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/2/89.abstract N2 - A Future Hospital symposium took place in north Wales in February, which included a report on the ongoing Future Hospital CARTREF project(CARe delivered with Telemedicine to support Rural Elderly and Frail patients) being run by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, one of the Future Hospital phase 1 development sites. Dr Olwen Williams organised this very successful symposium to promote and share practice after the first year of the project and was joined in this by members from the other Future Hospital development sites in England. Members of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Wales office were also present, including Francesca Creighton Griffiths of the RCP Wales Patient and Carer Network.The background to the project is based on the finding that, while virtually all new patients need to be examined physically by the clinician leading their care, only about one patient in five needs to be re-examined at their follow-up appointments. It was found that, despite not being … ER -