Level of diagnostic agreement in musculoskeletal shoulder diagnosis between remote and face-to-face consultations: A retrospective service evaluation.

Background And Aims: To determine the level of diagnostic agreement between remote and face-to-face consultation in assessing shoulder complaints.

Methods: A retrospective service evaluation with three groups of patient data; those assessed only face-to-face (group 1), remotely then face-to-face (group 2), remotely only (group 3). Patient data were extracted from 6 secondary care shoulder Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner's (APPs) records, covering six sites.

''It sounded a lot simpler on the job description'': A qualitative study exploring the role of social prescribing link workers and their training and support needs (2020).

Social prescribing is an increasingly popular approach to promoting health and well-being, by addressing the wider determinants of health such as physical inactivity, social isolation and financial insecurity. Social prescribing link workers (SPs) connect people to local, non-clinical services. As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England aims to recruit 1,000 SPs across England by 2021.