The Advice & Guidance System was developed by the Trust to allow GPs to submit an electronic request for advice about known patients or a general enquiry to a specialty at Basildon and Thurrock Hospitals.
There are a number of specialists involved who can provide a response to a request within 3 working days. More specialities are being added as GPs or the PCT request them.
The Specialties that are currently available via the Advice & Guidance System are as listed alphabetically below, along with their clinical leads:
Biochemistry:-
(Dr Tony Everitt, Dr Manal Elnenaei, Dr Sukhjinder Moore)
Endocrinology:-
(Dr Michael Mulcahy, Dr Manal Elnenaei)
ENT:-
(Mr George Fayad):-
Gastroenterology:-
(Mr Pushpakaran Munuswamy)
General Surgery:-
(Mr Jay Menon, Mr Hugo Taylor, Mr Mark Zammit, Mr Vijay Gadhvi)
Gynaecology:-
(Ms Arunakumari Parivakham)
Haematology:-
(Dr Jagadeesan Shankari, Dr Jo Howard, Dr Parag Jasani)
Nephrology:-
(Dr Aroon Lal, Dr Steve Morgan, Dr Georgia Winnett)
Neurology:-
(Dr Abbas, Dr A Malaspina, Dr Marianne Kasti)
Paediatrics:-
(Dr Nawfal Sharief, Dr Mohamed Ben-Ramadan, Dr Sanjay Rawal, Dr Birgit Van Meijgaarden)
Respiratory Medicine:-
(Dr Bernard Yung, Dr Dipak Mukherjee, Dr Johnson Samuel, Dr Kirsten Wadsworth)
Rheumatology:-
(Dr Amel Ginawi, Dr Nagui Gendi, Dr Shweta Bhagat)
Urology:-
(Mr Ramachandran Ravi, Mr Anil Vohra)
HOW DO GPS ACCESS THE SYSTEM?
GPs will be able to access the system through the following portal:
https://portal.btuh.nhs.uk/
WHAT DO I/DOES MY PRACTICE NEED TO DO NEXT?
In the first instance, please click on the link above. If this is not working, please contact Abbey Mogan-Dean on the telephone number below.
BTUH requires the forenames, surnames and email addresses (NHS net accounts) of all users who wish to participate. Usernames and passwords will be provided by the Trust. Please e-mail Abbey Mogan-Dean on abbey.mogan-dean@btuh.nhs.uk
HOW WILL I ACCESS TRAINING FOR THE SYSTEM?
Training material will be provided for practices and Abbey Mogan-Dean is happy to come out to those practices to demonstrate and train the system.
