TY - JOUR T1 - The Virtual Hospital JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 83 LP - 83 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.6-1-s83 VL - 6 IS - Suppl 1 AU - Kruti Patel AU - Bahman Shokouhi AU - Edward Bosonnet AU - Emily Savundra AU - Hakan Kabatas Y1 - 2019/03/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/Suppl_1/83.abstract N2 - To provide virtual triage and, where appropriate, virtual coordination of investigations and care of gastroenterology general practitioner (GP) referrals.A bespoke secure platform was created to receive gastroenterology referrals from GPs from Barking, Redbridge and Havering clinical commissioning groups. Any gastroenterology referral was accepted, excluding urgent or 2-week wait referrals. To support local consultant capacity, we adopted a unique approach by recruiting NHS gastroenterology consultants from around the country. They were … ER -