The impact of direct consultant-to-consultant referrals on the spinal care pathway: A clinical audit
The consultant-to-consultant referral protocol decreased the overall referral numbers, increased the number of patients with complete imaging, increased the surgical yield, and decreased the rates of OPD follow-up. This can be attributed to more efficient consultant-led local decision-making, which fortifies the benefits of this referral protocol.
Authors
- Jake McDonnell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8002-8024)
- Kevin Clesham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1568-1043)
- Seamus Morris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6774-0116)
- Stacey L. Darwish (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1208-4921)
- Paul McCarroll
- Joseph Simon Butler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8823-4631)
- Keith Synnott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3559-2352)
- Harry Marland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2035-070X)
- Arnav Barve (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8570-7704)
- Marcus Timlin
- S. Lynch
Institutions
- Trinity College Dublin (IE)
- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (IE)
- St. Vincent's University Hospital (IE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Surgeon
- Published
- 2025-05-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surge.2025.05.001
- Primary Topic
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00