Birmingham City Council says it invests a significant amount of money working with a range of organisations to tackle homelessness, as well as making sure people are offered appropriate advice and assistance.
Similarly, the patient may not be offered appropriate advice on urinary and sexual rehabilitation[ 16, 17], or tests for recurrence.
The doctor, Chris Okonkwo, said at the time that he asked so he could offer appropriate safety advice, just as he customarily asks parents if they have a swimming pool and teenagers if they use their cellphones when they drive.
One suggested protocol would be to take a dietary history and offer appropriate dietary advice to the parents of all patients with microcytosis where there is no immediate explanation, and to add a RDW and blood film analysis to any FBC samples that have been taken.
"This gives clinicians an ideal opportunity to offer appropriate treatment and advice to patients to help them stop drinking and improve their future health.
Women at high risk of experiencing adverse outcomes could be monitored more closely and offered appropriate support and advice around potential adverse outcomes.
All participants had their long term treatment optimised and inhaler technique checked and were offered appropriate smoking cessation advice and pulmonary rehabilitation if this had not been done within the previous two years.
