In support of the national strategy to move NHS care closer to home, a new Community Rheumatology service is now live in Ashford. The new service will mean that the monitoring and follow up care you receive for your condition will now be delivered by a combination of your local GP practice (monitoring and prescribing of your medication), the new community based service for face to face reviews, telephone consultations or urgent telephone advice and/or in the hospital Rheumatology department if your condition requires a consultant review.
The new pathway has been designed to ensure that you will be cared for by the most appropriate clinician at each stage of your patient pathway. Depending on the nature and severity of your condition you may move between these clinicians as appropriate and agreed with yourself.
