Every practice ran a nurse-led asthma clinic approved for asthma surveillance by the local health authority.
All of these management strategies are being developed into the nurse-led services of the future.
An audit carried out during the first month of nurse-led telephone clinics revealed that 71 patients were reviewed.
They point to the need for new forms of, and settings for, nurse-led health promotion, advice and education.
The rheumatology service includes 10 nurse-led outpatient clinics including annual review clinics.
This paper describes the practicalities of starting a nurse-led service using near patient testing and computerized decision support for oral anticoagulation monitoring in primary care.
Although there are treatment guidelines, prescribers also need experience and links with dermatology services if nurse-led services are to develop.
These units are described as nurse-led because patient care is directed by nurses.
