Part one of this report looks at ways in which hospitals could reduce outpatient waiting times by shortening the interval between the time when patients arrive and the time when they see the doctor. Part two deals in detail with the registration of outpatients.
This draft memorandum summarises information collected on various methods employed by hospitals in London to prevent unnecessary waiting by outpatients. Its object is to assist all hospitals to ascertain whether their own waiting time is capable of reduction, and if so, how to reduce it.
This report recommends that cooperation between hospital doctors and general practitioners should be facilitated by the adoption of standard forms for doctor's letters and hospital replies. The report also suggests that the use of the standard forms might afford an opportunity of drawing attention to the importance of patients being ...