Though Billingham was convinced that the input of specialist inspectors would give significant credibility to HMIC's findings, she acknowledges that bringing in people who are, on occasion, vociferous in their criticism of police protection units meant that there were risks attached.
The classification rules were developed by consensus with the input of specialist subcommittees of independent clinicians.
Medical officers were able to manage patients with complex antiretroviral resistance patterns in spite of limited experience in this specialty, due to the clarity of genotypic interpretation and input of specialist HIV clinicians with resistance reports.
Depression in the UK is largely diagnosed and treated in primary care without the input of specialist assessment and there is no widespread formal screening for depression using validated tools.
Those who did not see a specialist nurse were older than those who did, and it is possible that some of the participants who did not see a specialist nurse may have been given their diagnosis prior to the widespread input of specialist nurses in care.
Furthermore, this model could be scaled up and spread at pace because its reach is not overly reliant on the input of academic specialists or limited by time constraints imposed on nursing staff, and consequently it may be a more feasible and acceptable model to implement into routine care.
Families establish strong relationships with their specialist teams based at the tertiary hospital [ 22] and despite community teams providing primary care, participants reported that families continue to value the input of the specialist team.
Problems in communication between family practitioners and psychiatrists may exist within the aforementioned options for care.[ 23] A referring note may not succinctly indicate why the input of a specialist is desired and what is specifically expected from the consultation.
Includes: Care home staff unable to facilitate discharge (n = 3); Care home staff reluctant for IRT involvement (n = 2); Uncertain diagnosis (n = 2); Single other (n-4) The level of inappropriate referrals, i.e. those judged not to require the input of a specialist nursing team member, was low (6%).
