Heart Diseases Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Study to Determine the Usefulness of Patients Receiving Their Own Letter After an Outpatient Attendance Compared to Receiving a Copy of the Letter Being Sent to Their General Practitioner
As part of the NHS plan it has been proposed to extend some consultants' usual practices and
to send all patients copies of the letters sent to their general practitioners (GPs)
following outpatient consultations. The current Secretary of State for Health has further
extended this proposal and suggested that patients should have a specific letter to
themselves after a hospital consultation.
The aim of this study is to send patients both a copy of the letter sent to their GPs and a
specific letter to themselves and to assess the usefulness and comprehensibility of each.
As part of the NHS plan it has been proposed to extend some consultants' usual practices and
to send all patients copies of the letters sent to their general practitioners following
outpatient consultations. The current Secretary of State for Health has further extended this
proposal and suggested that patients should have a specific letter to themselves after a
hospital consultation.
The aim of this study is to send patients both a copy of the letter sent to their GPs and a
specific letter to themselves and to assess the usefulness and comprehensibility of each.
This study will assess the two styles of letter in Cardiology and Respiratory Outpatient
Clinics staffed by 7 consultants and will involve a group of 15-20 patients from each of the
clinics, total number approximately 150 patients.
All patients attending the clinics will be given a sheet outlining the study before their
consultations. If they are interested in the study, patients will be given a Patient
Information Sheet and asked consent to take part. The length of each of the two dictated
letters will be recorded. To avoid costs to the NHS, the direct to patient letters will be
typed at the study investigators' cost. Two copies of each letter, a short explanatory letter
and a questionnaire will be sent to the patient and the patient will be asked to circle
points in each of the letters which are unclear and return them to the department. At the end
of the study the general practitioners will be contacted and asked their views about the two
letters.
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