How will outpatients be structured?
All outpatients will be co-located to ensure: · Co-ordinated care (manage the process of care from end to end with seamless patient transfers) · Simplified service systems for children, families and staff · Easy way finding for patients and families · Travel distances are reduced. Outpatients will provide a ‘one stop shop’ concept bringing together the outpatient consulting area with the diagnostic ambulatory services and the associated support services in one location to make life easier for patients and families. This will mean check in, billing, treatment and appointments will all occur in the one place. Doctors from certain disciplines will continue to see the same patients in the same clinics (as there will still be clinics identified with certain patient groups). Clinics will be clustered in neighbourhoods with standard facilities such as consulting rooms, treatment areas and interview/discussion areas. Pathology collection and other investigation will be adjacent and close by to
