NHS dentistry: Failed appointments

Non-attendance or non-invitation? A case-control study of failed outpatient appointments.

OBJECTIVE To determine the causes of non-attendance at new outpatient appointments. DESIGN Case-control study of non-attenders and attenders. SETTING Outpatient department of a general hospital. SUBJECTS All non-attenders (n = 277) for first outpatient appointments in six specialties during a three month period were included. Controls (n = 135) were the attenders who followed every second...

Failed appointments in residency practices: who misses them and what providers are most affected?

BACKGROUND Missed appointments can affect patient health, disrupt schedules, and result in poor utilization of resources, increased workload for staff and physicians, and lost learning opportunities for residents in training programs. METHODS The setting was an established community-hospital-based family practice residency practice averaging 25,000 outpatient visits per year in a small northe...

Appointments, &c.

Bidie, Deputy Surgeon-General (Madras), to act as SurgeonGeneral with Madras Government, vice S. G. Furnell. Koberts, Deputy Surgeon-General, now returning from Suakim, succeeds Dr. Bidie as Sanitary Commissioner. Crombie, Surgeon-Major A., Civil Surgeon of Dacca, has been appointed to succeed Dr. Cleghorn as Superintendent of the General Hospital, Calcutta. O'Brien, Surgeon-Major J., Civil Sur...

Appointments, Leave

Appointments, Leave

Bird, Surgn.-Capt R., Resdt. Surgn., Medl. Coll. Hosptl., in modification of previous notification, to act as Professor of Anatomy, Medl. Coll., and 2nd Surgeon, Medl. Coll. Hosptl., Calcutta, during the absence, on leave, of Surgn.? Maj. R. H. Charles, or until further orders. Drury, Surgn.-Capt. F. J., Offg. Civil Surgn , 24-Parganas, to act as Professor of Midwifery, Medl. Coll., Calcutta, i...