Overview
Initiative type
Model of Care
Status
Close
Published
16 March 2018
Summary
This project has been discontinued and is not available anymore. It was successfully implemented in Metro South Hospital and Health Service.
Key dates
Jan 2018 - Jun 2019
Implementation sites
The Princess Alexandra Hospital – linking with Logan Hospital, QEII Hospital and Redland Hospital
Partnerships
Healthcare Improvement Unit
Methods
The aim was to reduce the current Neurology new case waitlist and increase the percentage of patients seen within clinically recommended timeframes and provide sustainable solutions. The following initiatives were put in place:
- Multiple Sclerosis Nurse Practitioner (MSNP) Clinic
- Epilepsy Nurse Practitioner Clinic
- Speciality Nurse-Led Movement Disorders and DBS Review Clinic
- Neurology Multidisciplinary Outreach Service
- GP with Special Interest in Neurology
- Liaising with Spot on Health and utilising health pathways for clinically appropriate cases to facilitate GP management in the community
- Movement Disorders (including Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor)
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Epilepsy
- Neuromuscular Disorders
Several areas of neurology care are particularly amenable to such a model:
Discussion and results
This revised model of care has been hugely successful in reducing our Metro South Neurology new case waiting list by 71% in August 2020 in the number of long wait patients since this re-design has been implemented.