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Outpatient services for children
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Introduction |
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Most patient contacts with hospital services are as outpatients
and paediatricians spend a great deal of their working lives in
outpatient clinics. Yet this work has a low profile in comparison to
other areas of clinical practice, is usually poorly organised and
managed, and is often provided in outdated and unsuitable facilities.
As a consequence it attracts poor support in terms of clinical and
other staff. Since 1991, new appointments in the NHS have increased
overall by 4.8% per year and in paediatrics the rise is greater than
this. A new report from the Clinical Standards Advisory Group (CSAG),
Services for outpatients,1 has
identified current problems and suggests ways of tackling them. The
report considers the whole range of outpatient services for adults and
children
medical, surgical, and specialistbut has important
implications for the provision of children's outpatient services.
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Clinical Standards Advisory Group |
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CSAG was set up in 1991 as an independent source of
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