Factors affecting the documentation of spoken safety-netting advice in routine GP consultations: a cross-sectional study

Journal article

GPs frequently do not document the safety-netting advice they have given to patients, which may have medicolegal implications in the event of an untoward incident. GPs should consider how safely they can assess and document more than one problem in a single consultation and this risk should be shared with patients to help manage expectations.

Authors: Edwards, PJ; Bennett-Britton, I; Ridd, MJ; Booker, M; Barnes, RK

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Royal College of General Practitioners
• Journal: British Journal of General Practice
• Volume: 71
• Issue: 712
• Pages: e869-e876
• Publication date: 2021-06-25
• DOI: 10.3399/bjgp.2021.0195
• EISSN: 1478-5242
• ISSN: 0960-1643
• Language: English
• Keywords: Netting; Medical record; Internal medicine; Medicine; Computer science; Documentation; Medical emergency; Patient safety; Family medicine; Advice (programming); Surgery; Health care; Observational study