The Barts Health dermatology service at the Royal London has opened up Advice and Guidance with a photo to GP practices in Tower Hamlets. Practices in Tower Hamlets are incentivised to use this pathway via the NIS. Advice and Guidance (A&G) is a function in ERS which enables GP’s to contact consultants for advice.
Template text to send to patient via AccuRX.
‘Dear Miss T.H. Patient,
Following your GP consultation, we would like to get further advice from a skin specialist. Please send us photos of your skin:
by email to < insert practice email address> OR
upload via our website < insert practice website URL> OR
via an e-consult < insert practice e-consult URL>
Follow the link to get some tips on taking useful photos: https://bit.ly/2vI4Hoz’