Barts Health NHS Trust has informed us that there is a historic backlog of electronic referrals for neurophysiology test appointments for patients that were referred during 2017. The majority are appointments for patients awaiting investigation for conditions such as carpel tunnel, seizures, and nerve damage.
The majority of affected patients are those who have already had an initial appointment with a consultant but require further investigation.
On discovering the issue Barts Health immediately began to contact all affected patients by letter and / or telephone and has already seen the vast majority. There are no outstanding patients waiting for an appointment to be booked.
Investigations so far suggest there has been no clinical harm, but we are looking at each case individually to be absolutely certain. If any harm is found to have been caused by the delay, a full review will be carried out.
If you have any questions, please contact ClinicalSupportServices@bartshealth.nhs.uk
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