The NHS England Transforming Elective Care programme has produced its first two handbooks. They suggest new referral and outpatient processes for elective musculoskeletal/orthopaedic services and elective gastroenterology services.
They draw on practical interventions developed and tested at various sites that took part in the programme’s early work. Each handbook is intended to provide practical, evidence-based advice on tested interventions to ensure people access care that is:
- high quality
- timely
- appropriate
- person-centred
- equitable
The MSK handbook includes information on
- MSK clinical review and triage
- Standard referral templates
- First contact practitioner
- MSK self-management education
- Patient passport
- Telephone follow up