Cross-sectional analysis of hospital tasks handed over to general practitioners: workload delegation or dumping?
Zahir MughalRajib MaharjanPublished in: Postgraduate medical journal (2021)
The majority of outstanding tasks in the hospital setting were followed up by hospital clinicians. A considerable volume of tasks were delegated to GPs, of which a significant proportion were inappropriate. An increase in awareness and understanding among hospital clinicians of their responsibility to follow up hospital-initiated investigations is needed.