GP referrals
- To be done by Orthopaedic registrars
- on paper every Tuesday and Friday morning around fracture and consultant clinics (adult referrals)
- digitally every Monday and Thursday morning around fracture clinic (paeds referrals)
- Necessary to add: name of triaging clinician, date of triage, diagnosis, timeline for review, what is needed, clinic sequence
- Timeline: specific date (e.g. 19/11/24) or time period (e.g. 1-2/52)
- What is needed: guide the interns/HMOs on what orders to make (e.g. “out of cast then scaphoid XR” or “wrist XROA in slab” or “WB ankle XROA”)
- Clinic sequence:
- Plaster tech then radiology for X-ray then doctor review = P/R/D
- Radiology for XROA then doctor review = R/D
- Doctor review only = D
- Admin will then transcribe the clinic sequence onto the booking notes so it is visible when the patient comes to clinic to the reception staff upon check-in and to the ASC nurses on Ambulatory Organiser on EMR
EMR referrals
- To be done by Vfrac APP clinicians daily on EMR
- As per Vfrac protocols (see Vfrac page)
- Important to add clinical sequence into “booking notes” (see above examples). Admin will also transcribe as above.