The phrase "access to consultation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the ability or opportunity to seek advice or guidance from a professional or expert.
Example: "The new policy ensures that all employees have access to consultation with mental health professionals."
Alternatives: "availability of consultation" or "opportunity for consultation".
If appropriate, I'd prescribe an antidepressant, but with access to consultation by phone or videoconferencing with a psychopharmacologist paid to assist me.
Equally though, current policy focuses almost exclusively on rapid access to consultation without considering or measuring effects on the appropriateness of care in the consultation.
In addition, the clinic has access to consultation with separate services located within the centre, including recreational therapy specialists and registered dieticians.
Most physicians in the rural eastern part of the country have less access to consultation and referral to other specialties in medical centers and teaching hospitals.
A recent study in the UK, limited to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and using an ecological design, found that patient-reported access to consultation within 2 days, and primary care staffing, were protective for admission rates.
Past studies have indicated that while poor mental health and family problems are possible factors which hinder access to consultation at primary care level, [ 26] being married showed protective effect against suicide regardless of socioeconomic inequality [ 27].
The imminent loss of so many GPs has potentially major implications for patients' access to consultations, as the NHS is already failing to persuade enough newly qualified medical graduates to opt for a career in general practice.
Some participants expressed an unfilled need for easy access to consultations and discussions with others, especially in difficult educational situations.
There appeared to be a fair measure of equity of access to consultations with the general practitioner, dietitian, chiropodist, or ophthalmologist.
In all other respects the two groups were treated equally; they received the same clinical examination and treatment before enrolment, the same home visits to assess adverse events and tuberculin skin test reactions, and the same access to consultations and essential drugs.
The second most frequently requested source of information was access to telephone consultation (59%), while access to E-mail consultation only was indicated by 48%.
