Evaluation of Parkinson's 'Care of the elderly' out-patient clinics: perspectives from patients, carers and staff.

Henderson, Louise; Dundas, Freda; Forbes, Jacqueline; Harvey, Adaline; Norris, Sarah

Abstract

There has been a marked increase in the number of patients presenting with Parkinson symptoms over the past year 2013/2014. Care of the Elderly Parkinson Consultant Clinics are held across Grampian with the frequency varying from twice monthly to every 3 months, dependent on location. Nurse Review clinics would be an option to run in tandem with the Consultant Clinic. The aim of the projects was to achieve a more integrated multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working, make specialist services more accessible. The objectives were: 1) Relieve pressure on current Consultant led clinics and improve access to specialist Parkinson's services, by delivering these services nearer to the patient's own home. 2) To reduce waiting times for new patients to be seen, and reduce the waiting times for complex patient reviews (by means of relieving pressures on Consultant time and affording the opportunity to develop 'urgent review' clinic slots. 3) To potentially cut down on avoidable acute admissions to hospital. 4) To improve the patient out-patient clinic experience.

Citation

HENDERSON, L., DUNDAS, F., FORBES, J., HARVEY, A. and NORRIS, S. 2015. Evaluation of Parkinson’s ‘Care of the elderly’ out-patient clinics: perspectives from patients, carers and staff. Aberdeen: Clinical Effectiveness Team, NHS Grampian.

• Report Type: Technical Report
• Publication Date: Jul 31, 2015
• Deposit Date: Jul 7, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: May 17, 2021
• Publisher: NHS Grampian
• Keywords: Parkinson's Disease; Nurse review clinics; Consultant led clinics
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/923378
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