Running VGCs in your practice for Long Covid care will: 1 Address waiting lists for Long Covid support 2 Help people fully describe and make sense of symptoms: people gain deeper insight and understanding of the complexity of their Long Covid symptoms by discussing them in a group setting 3️ Give patients more clinic time and…
New research from the React programme at Imperial College London finds that over one third of people in England who had Coronavirus reported symptoms lasting at least 12 weeks. The study, yet to be peer-reviewed, indicates that long Covid is higher among women, people who are overweight or obese, those who smoke, live in deprived…
VIDEO GROUP CLINICS NOW AVAILABLE ON ZOOM – FROM REDMOOR-ELC Contact the team at Redmoor-ELC to discover how you can now use Zoom as the secure platform in your practice for deploying patient centred Video Group Clinics! Email: [email protected]@redmoorhealth.co.uk Throughout the pandemic VGCs have enabled clinicians to work remotely, helped to relieve the ongoing demands from…
GP surgeries and hospital outpatients across the country are currently experiencing significant and growing strain dealing with backlogs caused by the rising patient demand. This insightful thought leadership article from Georgina Craig – discusses how the Covid-19 pandemic has taken its toll, and why, as we move into recovery, we are storing up health problems…
One of the biggest changes from the pandemic has been the switch from ‘one-to-one’ patient care to a ‘one-to-many’ model in the treatment of people with long-term conditions. Before Covid people were used to one-to-one care. Patients with a long-term condition would ordinarily book an appointment with a nurse or a doctor and see them on an individual…
Interesting survey by Ipsos MORI on patients’ views and experiences of remote consultations during the pandemic. Overall, patients still felt listened to and treated with care and concern when seen remotely. Of those who had a remote appointment, 83% felt they were given enough time, 85% felt they were treated with care and concern, and…