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2. The days of the district general hospital seeking to provide all services to a high enough standard are over. Sir Ara Darzi, Health Minister, The Guardian, 11 July 2007 3. Polyclinics - the next big thing? Nick Triggle ,BBC News, 7th Oct 2007
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MPTT and Polyclinics
5. Aim Evaluate consecutive referrals to a DGHlower limb orthopaedic clinic Direct from GP Via MPTT/Polyclinic 6. Methods 7.
8. Comparative statistical analysis of the temporal differences between the two groups was performed using an ANOVA (SPSS 11.5) Patient Demographics Date GP Referred to MPTT clinic Date @ MPTT clinic Date @ Hospital Orthopaedic Clinic Reviewed @ MPTT by whom? GP/physio Patients perception of MPTT professionalconsultant/junior doctor/ GP/physio/nurse MPTTClinic Diagnosis None made/Correct/Incorrect? 9. Results 10. 277 PatientsReferred for lower limb orthopaedic opinion 132 patients Via MPTT clinic 145 patients Direct from GP 76 patients Seen by GPwSI 56 patients Seen by physiotherapist 277 new patient referrals Hospital orthopaedic clinic 11. MPTT patients wait 62.4 days longer (p