Safety-netting in the consultation

What you need to knowAggressively treating or investigating all patients with early undifferentiated illness is poor medical practice and can be harmfulTime is an important diagnostic tool but creates a period of uncertainty and risk for patients with serious underlying conditionsSafety-netting can help mitigate this risk, and the traffic light framework provides a structure for delivering safety-netting adviceSafety-netting has become a widely used term to describe an array of activities both within the consultation and on systems levels. Within the consultation, safety-netting is considered best practice, and often an expected clinical standard, particularly in primary and emergency care.12 The term was first coined by Roger Neighbour in 1987 as an in-consultation tool for managing clinical uncertainty.3 Safety-netting advice has since been defined as: “Information shared with a patient or their carer, designed to help them identify the need to seek further medical help if their condition fails to improve, changes,…
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