Effectiveness of PhysioDirect telephone assessment and advice services for patients with musculoskeletal problems: pragmatic randomised controlled trial

C Salisbury, AA Montgomery, S Hollinghurst, C Hopper… - Bmj, 2013 - bmj.com
Objectives To assess the clinical effectiveness, effect on waiting times, and patient
acceptability of PhysioDirect services in patients with musculoskeletal problems, compared …

[HTML][HTML] 'PhysioDirect'telephone assessment and advice services for physiotherapy: protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial

C Salisbury, NE Foster, A Bishop, M Calnan… - BMC Health Services …, 2009 - Springer
Background Providing timely access to physiotherapy has long been a problem for the
National Health Service in the United Kingdom. In an attempt to improve access some …

A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of 'PhysioDirect'telephone assessment and advice services for patients with musculoskeletal problems: economic evaluation

S Hollinghurst, J Coast, J Busby, A Bishop, NE Foster… - BMJ open, 2013 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To compare the cost-effectiveness of PhysioDirect with usual physiotherapy care
for patients with musculoskeletal problems. Design (1) Cost-consequences comparing cost …

[HTML][HTML] The acceptability to patients of PhysioDirect telephone assessment and advice services; a qualitative interview study

J Pearson, J Richardson, M Calnan, C Salisbury… - BMC health services …, 2016 - Springer
Background In response to long waiting lists and problems with access to primary care
physiotherapy, several Primary Care Trusts (PCTs)(now Clinical Commissioning Groups …

[HTML][HTML] A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of'PhysioDirect'telephone assessment and advice services for …

C Salisbury, NE Foster, C Hopper… - Health Technology …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND As a result of long delays for physiotherapy for musculoskeletal problems,
several areas in the UK have introduced PhysioDirect services in which patients telephone a …

[HTML][HTML] PhysioDirect: supporting physiotherapists to deliver telephone assessment and advice services within the context of a randomised trial

A Bishop, J Gamlin, J Hall, C Hopper, NE Foster - Physiotherapy, 2013 - Elsevier
Physiotherapy-led telephone assessment and advice services for patients with
musculoskeletal problems have been developed in many services in the UK, but high quality …

The evidence for and against 'PhysioDirect'telephone assessment and advice services

NE Foster, B Williams, S Grove, J Gamlin, C Salisbury - Physiotherapy, 2011 - Elsevier
Patients have experienced inadequate access to physiotherapy since the inception of the
National Health Service (NHS). Over the last 50 years, many initiatives have been …

Physiotherapy-as-first-point-of-contact-service for patients with musculoskeletal complaints: understanding the challenges of implementation

F Moffatt, R Goodwin, P Hendrick - Primary health care research & …, 2018 - cambridge.org
BackgroundPrimary care faces unprecedented challenges. A move towards a more
comprehensive, multi-disciplinary service delivery model has been proposed as a means …

[HTML][HTML] STEMS pilot trial: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial to investigate the addition of patient direct access to physiotherapy to usual GP-led primary care for …

A Bishop, RO Ogollah, S Jowett, J Kigozi, S Tooth… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Around 17% of general practitioner (GP) consultations are for musculoskeletal
conditions, which will rise as the population ages. Patient direct access to physiotherapy …

Patient satisfaction with a new physiotherapy telephone service for back pain patients

S Taylor, I Ellis, M Gallagher - Physiotherapy, 2002 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Telephone triage and advice are increasingly important
ways of managing primary care workload and improving patient access to healthcare …