Goldthorpe, Joanna http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7839-7544
Sanders, Caroline
Gough, Lesley
Rogers, Jean
Bridgman, Colette
Tickle, Martin
Pretty, Iain
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Services and Delivery Research Programme (11/1022/15)
Article History
Received: 29 March 2018
Accepted: 25 July 2018
First Online: 14 August 2018
Ethics approval
: This study was granted approval by NHS Research Ethics Committee (Grampian) Reference 13/NS/0141. All participants provided informed consent prior to taking part in the study and permission was granted for use of anonymous quotes.
: Not applicable.
: Iain Pretty is involved with the delivery of referral management services to NHS England for which he receives financial reward. He was involved with the development of early pilot models in referral management at NHS Trafford. Pretty was involved in the evaluation of the IOSN tool.
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