Scottish Government

Chapter 3 Improve Referral and Diagnostics Pathways

NHS Dumfries & Galloway

• Primary referral to occupational therapy for carpal tunnel patients

NHS Fife

• Reducing did not attend rates for return ophthalmology patients
• Modelling an orthopaedic service

NHS Forth Valley

• Centralising the referrals of an orthopaedic service

NHS Grampian

• Practice based referral management
• GPled ultrasound service

NHS Highland

• Physiotherapy led standardisation of orthopaedic referrals

NHS Lanarkshire

• Implementing a referral management service

NHS Lothian

• Streamlining referrals through an improvement event
• Improving referrals into the urology service

NHS Orkney

• Triaging referrals prior to seeing an orthopaedic consultant

NHS Tayside

• Improving access to having a carotid endarterectomy
• Direct GP referral for hernia patients
• Using a Rapid Improvement Event to improve referrals for urology and general surgery
• Reducing waits for patients with Intermittent Claudication
• Reviewing the provision of Minor ops 'see and do' clinics