TY - JOUR T1 - Improving access to urgent rheumatology – the initiation of a hot joint assessment and injection service JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 36 LP - 36 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.6-1-s36 VL - 6 IS - Suppl 1 AU - Jennifer Christie AU - Katherine Nelson Y1 - 2019/03/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/Suppl_1/36.abstract N2 - To improve the joint injection service provided locally while providing rapid access outpatient appointments for patients admitted to hospital with acute rheumatological presentations.We identified a need to improve the joint injection service as there was only one dedicated injection clinic per week that provided a limited number of joint injections for acutely swollen joints. Patients would often wait over a week with an acutely swollen, painful joint. We felt this could be … ER -