Royal College Physicians October 2015
- Information for healthcare commissioning and service organisation of 28 medical specialties within the UK.
- Updated to reflect the changes in the NHS commissioning arrangements since the enactment of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
- For each speciality includes
- main disease patterns
- organisation of the service and patterns of referral
- community models of care
- interspecialty and interdisciplinary liaison
- specialty and national guidelines
- follow-up ratios
- workforce requirements
- key points for commissioners