The safety of using active triage to provide advice rather than a face-to-face neurology outpatient appointment.

Background: Neurology referrals from primary care are increasing. Actively triaging referrals is one way of providing a better patient-focussed service.

Methods: We reviewed the safety and cost-effectiveness of 'advice only' rather than face-to-face appointments for neurology patients via active triage.

Day case hemithyroidectomy is safe and feasible: experience in Scotland.

Background And Aims: We aimed to analyse the safety and feasibility of day case hemithyroidectomy.

Methods And Results: We reviewed all hemithyroidectomies led by two surgeons across two sites between 2010 and the end of 2013. Patients were divided into 'planned inpatient' or 'planned day case'.