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Guidelines and clinicians’ time needed to treat
Guidelines: safety netting and gut feeling should be factored in to time needed to treat
BMJ 2023; 380 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p308 (Published 09 February 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;380:p308
- Claire Friedemann Smith, senior researcher,
- Brian D Nicholson, NIHR academic clinical lecturer
- University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford, UK
- claire.friedemann{at}phc.ox.ac.uk
Johansson and colleagues’ article on guidelines1 recalled two areas from our own work where time needed to treat (TNT) could be useful.
Firstly, “safety netting”—or advice to support self-care when appropriate and encourage help seeking when necessary—is regarded as best practice but tends to be delivered poorly, in a rush, and at the end of the consultation.2 Dedicated …
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