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. 1975 Oct 25;4(5990):220–221. doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5990.220

Access by general practitioners to physiotherapy department of a district general hospital.

P Norman, H Clifton, E Williams, P J Nichols
PMCID: PMC1674979  PMID: 1192003

Abstract

There has been much opposition, voiced most notably in the Tunbridge Report, to general-practitioner access to hospital rehabilitation services. Co-operation between general practitioners, physiotherapists, and the consultant with responsibility for the physiotherapy department at a general district hospital has provided an efficient open-access service. This service has been welcomed by the general practitioners because it supplies prompt treatment for their patients and by the physiotherapists because it enables them to minimise disability by treating musculoskeletal problems at an early stage.

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