Increasing workload and changing referral patterns in paediatric cardiology outreach clinics: implications for consultant staffing

摘要

Conclusion-These data confirm the im- pression that demands of paediatric car- diology services are increasing. The increased need for attendance at outreach clinics has inevitable consequences for the clinical, teaching, and research activities of specialists in tertiary centres. An increase in the number of paediatric cardiologists, or development of local expertise (general paediatricians with an interest in cardiology), will be required. Furthermore, the increasingly large co- Hort of older teenagers and young adults With congenital heart disease underscores The need for the development of specialist Facilities.