Virtual outreach: economic evaluation of joint teleconsultations for patients referred by their general practitioner for a specialist opinion

Members of the Virtual Outreach Project Group

Writing committee—P B Jacklin, J A Roberts, P Wallace, A Haines, R Harrison, J A Barber, S Thompson, L Lewis, R Currell, S Parker, P Wainwright

Steering group—Julie Barber, Will Clayton, Rosemary Currell, Kim Fleming, Paul Garner, Andy Haines, Robert Harrison, Paul Jacklin, Carol Jarrett, Rushmi Jayasuriya, Leo Lewis, Sophie Parker, Jenny Roberts, Simon Thompson, Paul Wainwright, Paul Wallace (Chair)

Participating clinicians and nursing, administrative, and management staff

London

Hospital specialists

Mahmoud Al-Akraa, Pierre Bouloux, Tim Briggs, Owen Epstein, Nick Garlick, Nick Goddard, Inam Haq, Amir Kaisary, Robert Morgan, Robert Quiney, Mike Stearns, Roger Wolman

Hospital secretaries

Alison Bell, Marva Brown, Colette Durcan, Liz Scott, Lisa Thane, Sylvie Vingoe, Norma White

Hospital nurses

Margaret Cummings, Anna-Maria Kennedy, Nina Shaw, Nick Simmonds, Geetha Somrah

Hospital receptionists

Ann Goodall, Mary Herman, Coretta Hyatt, Beth Jacobs, Phyl Odd

Other hospital staff

Steve Ashmore, Jill Brook, Jacki Edwards, Peter Goulton, Bernadette Lobo, Angela Mcguire, Rachel Ryan, Sonia Summerbell

General practitioners

Miranda Abraham, Rajnikant Acharya, N Andrawis, Eric Ansell, A Antoniou, Nicky Beck, Annette Bendor, John Bentley, Paul Blom, Hoda Botros, Surendar Brar, Helen Bygrave, Claire Chalmers-Watson, Harry Chester, Caroline Crockard, Sarah Davey, Cristina Davis, Charles Edmondson, Martin Foley, Samantha Foster, Karen Fraser, Barbara Frosh, Brian Golden, Andrew Goodstone, Nicholas Graham, Stephen Graham, Tina Grimble, Lucia Grun, Helen Halpern, Clare Halsted, Jane Higgins, Simon Hodes, Kathy Hoffman, John Horton, Alexis Ingram, Lesley Isenberg, Rhian Jones, T Kelly, Eunice Laleye, Jane Lim, Julia Lim, Doris Lister, Vivienne Manheim, Claire Manktelow, Margaret McCollum, Kokila Mehta, Richard Mendall, Sarah Morgan, Irwin Nazareth, Helen Parkes, Sarah Robins, Peter Rudge, Mahesh Saini, Jeremy Sandford, Hilary Shaw, Jonathan Sheldon, Joe Slesenger, Charlotte Smailes, Liam Smeeth, Sarah Smith, Teresa Smith, Peter Soutter, Robert Speight, Thomas Strommer, Andrew Stuart, Barry Subel, David Thompson, D Twena, Tony Uzoka, Paul Wallace, Adrian N Wayne, Mary Windle, Paul Wiseman, Stuart Wolfman

General practice staff

Maureen Aldridge, Pauline Atkinson, Michael Cahalan, Theresa Callum, Beverly Clark, Joan Costello, Jane Davis, Pauline Dudman, Gail Green, Tracey Grossman, Chris Hayward, Nick Hooker, Yvonne Less, Mike Mair, Maura McAssery, Michael Morton, Cindy O’Garo, Ethel Orr, John Orr, Jill Stephens, Virginia Woods

Shrewsbury

Hospital specialists

Andrew Hay, David Maxton, Bill Neil, Simon Nightingale, Warren Perks, Andrew Prichard, Mark Smith, Bob Wilson

Outpatient department

Nursing staff, medical secretaries, appointments and medical records staff, members of the IT group

General practitioners (by practice)

Bishops Castle

John Campbell, Adrian Fairbanks, Nick Howell, Adrian Penny, Clare Stanford

Caxton Surgery, Oswestry

Michael Arthur, David Campbell, Alastair Mackereth, Paul Middleton, Hilary Rees

Clive

John Ballantyne, Julia Bennett, Geoff Davies

Church Stretton

Jonathan Beach, Jenny Howard, Steve Novick, Timothy Parker, Karen Robinson, Rachel Taylor, Charles West, Deborah West

Craven Arms

David Appleby, Philippa Winter

Knighton

Kevin Howcroft, Sue Lambert

Llanfair Caereinion

Anthony Evans, Alun Jones-Evans, Lesley Milne, Gillian O’Dwyer, Patrick O’Dwyer

Llanfyllin

Huw Evans, Richard Griffiths, Marcia Hancorn, Peter Jones, Melanie Plant, Adrian Weston

Montgomery

Simon Currin, Donna Griffiths, Patricia Lindsay, Ainsley Reid, Ann Welton, John Wynn-Jones

Newtown

Richard Evans, Steve James, Margaret Jones, Tim McVey, Chris Nevill, Alan Porter, Michael Wilson

Pontesbury

Steve Edmunds, Helen Hawkridge, Julian Povey

Ty Maen, Oswestry

Wendy Dyke, David Loveday, Ray McMurray, Anthony Treasure, Helen Willows

Willow Street, Oswestry

Tim Breese, Anthony St John Taylor

Worthen

Tim Watson

Practice managers and other practice administrative and support staff