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Guidelines and clinicians’ time needed to treat
Guidelines should say how much extra time is needed for each patient to implement them
BMJ 2023; 380 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p285 (Published 06 February 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;380:p285
- Ashish Sharma, consultant dermatologist,
- Sandeep Varma, consultant dermatologist,
- Zahra Moledina, specialty registrar in dermatology,
- Ashwatha Rabindranathnambi, specialty registrar in dermatology
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
- ashish.sharma{at}nuh.nhs.uk
Data from a study we published in 2022 confirm the assertion by Johansson and colleagues that implementing guidelines requires extra clinic time.1 2
Following concerns about the recent cutaneous squamous cell …
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