Medefer is commissioned or contracted by the NHS to provide its unique model of specialist support to GPs and hospitals. Medefer’s software platform enables NHS consultants to review a referral within two working days or less, and to initiate appropriate clinical action.
This has several benefits for everyone involved:
Patients have their symptoms reviewed faster by a specialist consultant in that field, which results in much quicker treatment plans for the patients who would typically have otherwise had to wait several weeks or months to see a specialist in a hospital clinic.
GPs find clinical reassurance by providing them with easy access to specialist opinion. In instances where a patient requires an investigation or treatment, the quick response time allows this to begin sooner than had the patient needed to wait for a hospital clinic appointment first. The service will also provide GPs with useful feedback, which will hopefully assist GPs with future, similar clinical cases.
CCGs find that Medefer’s “virtual” service, which can be delivered at a lower cost, frees up funds to be used for other services.