A randomised controlled trial of nursing-led triage service in primary care
Completed
- Conditions
- urse-led triageNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN56213064
- Lead Sponsor
- HS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All callers to a Wiltshire GP co-operative during defined hours over the period of a year.
Exclusion Criteria
Children aged <1 year were automatically routed to a GP, as were callers insisting on speaking to a nurse.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Results showed that about 50% of the calls in the nurse-led group were managed by the nurse alone. The volume of out of hours callers managed at primary care centres and by home visits were also significantly reduced.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration