Rheumatology Vol. 43 No. 10 © British Society for Rheumatology 2004; all rights reserved
Letter to the Editor |
Copying clinic letters to patients will place additional demands on both secondary and primary care: a hospital outpatient questionnaire
Newcastle Musculoskeletal Research Group, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and 1 Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Sheriff Hill, Gateshead, UK
Correspondence to: S. Young Min, Newcastle Musculoskeletal Research Group, Level 4, Cookson Building, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Framlington Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2 4HH, UK. E-mail: Steven.YoungMin@ncl.ac.uk
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SIR, The NHS plan (2000) [1] states that letters between clinicians about an individual patient's care will be copied to the patient as of right and it was proposed that this policy should be fully implemented by April 2004. This policy will have an impact on