The fracture clinic at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SaSH) struggled with issues of patient access and appointment backlogs for years. The clinic averages a thousand referrals each month from local emergency departments (EDs). Patients discharged from the ED would come to the fracture clinic 2 weeks later for a follow-up — and find a waiting room packed to the gills, appointments often running 1 or 2 hours behind...
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