Reducing waiting times: physiotherapy shoulder assessment clinic
Harrison J., Rangan A., Shetty A., Robinson C.
Orthopaedic outpatient waiting lists remain long. Many patients are referred with conditions not requiring surgery. During the first year of a specialist shoulder assessment clinic run by an extended scope physiotherapy practitioner in a district general hospital, 130 patients were assessed with an average waiting time of 58 days and 50% of patients were treated by physiotherapy alone.