NHS PATHWAYS

Question 1

what is nhs pathways ?

Answer 1

clinical questions arrange into symptoms based flow charts or pathways.

Question 2

How does nhs pathways meet the needs of patients?

Answer 2

Provides care advice and rules out potential conditions but does not diagnose

Question 3

How does nhs pathways work?

Answer 3

• Assesses a patients problem by a process of ruling out
• not diagnostic
• gives a point of referral
• referral is either in house or to an external healthcare provider
• it is supported by care advice

Question 4

What does self limiting mean?

Answer 4

People deal with it themselves

Question 5

What does home management mean

?

Answer 5

Clinician gives advice to deal with the symptoms at home

Question 6

What does module 0 do?

Answer 6

Rules out life threatening problems such as labour and CPR

Question 7

What does module 1 do?

Answer 7

Gives non emergency care advice without a clinical input

Question 8

What does module to do?

Answer 8

Used by clinicians to deal with further issues and validate the information

Question 9

How do individual pathways work?

Answer 9

• serious of questions to be anwsered
• most serious symptoms ruled out first
• each question must be anwsered but not necessarily always asked

Question 10

Why might a caller say not sure ?

Answer 10

May find it hard to understand

Question 11

What happens with a not sure anwser?

Answer 11

Upgraded or downgraded depending on the balance of risk

Question 12

What are the 2 elements of a disposition?

Answer 12

Skill set - who they need to see

Timeframe- when they need to see them

Question 13

What is a contact disposition?

Answer 13

Face to face appointment

Question 14

What is a speak to disposition?

Answer 14

Telephone consultation

Question 15

What is worsening advice ?

Answer 15

If things change or new symptoms develop or things get worse

Question 16

What is care advice ?

Answer 16

Based on the latest evidence to help patients manage in the ‘interim’

Question 17

what does the system mean when it says specify ?

Answer 17

Give more specific anwser with more detail up to 8 words

Question 18

What do the capital letters in a question signify ?

Answer 18

Inferred question - we do not need to ask patient has already described a symptom of cause

Question 19

Why do we not go through an inferred question ? E. g self harm.

Answer 19

Already known, might not be relevant

Question 20

What type of pathways are available at the body map if you select illness or other health problem in module 0?

Answer 20

NON TRAUMA

Question 21

What type of pathways are available at the body map if you select injury in module 0?

Answer 21

TRAUMA

Question 22

What happens if you click restart triage?

Answer 22

Go back to beginning to change from 1st party to 3rd party or vice versa

Question 23

What is the difference between the summary and the call report?

Answer 23

Summary is significant information

Call report is all questions and anwsers

Question 24

Why must questions be anwsered in order ?

Answer 24

Most serious symptoms are ruled out first in order of severity

Question 25

Why are pathways gender and age specific?

Answer 25

Because needs of people differentiate and certain age groups have different risks and can be more vulnerable

Question 26

What is the purpose of ‘ the individual has been told to follow a particular course of action’?

Answer 26

Someone who has a known health problem and has got a management plan in place and has came from a go or other health professional