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Improving Driving Advice Provided to Cardiology Patients at West Suffolk Hospital
Dr Ayesha Ahmed, Dr Adel Khalifa
Aims: To increase the adherence and provision of appropriate driving advice provided to patients on discharge from the cardiology ward at West Suffolk Hospital.
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Initial Results
Post intervention, discharge summaries of 31 patients were assessed and it was seen that out of 31 patients, 25 had driving advice documented on their discharge letters whereas 27 had driving status documented on their clerking proformas.
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We saw significant improvement in the adherence and provision of driving advice to cardiology patients and increase understanding of DVLA among the junior doctors. After introducing our template and hardcopies in the ward, the proportion of documented driving advice on discharge summaries increased from 4.5% (2/44) at baseline to 81% (25/31). We demonstrated that simple educational interventions and a standardised template improved the quality and quantity of provided driving advice.
