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cord-344668-9m1vnpmo	Nitkunan, Arani	COVID-19: switching to remote neurology outpatient consultations	2020-05-04		.txt	text/plain	1732	123	60	Switching from face-to-face new appointments to remote (telephone or video) consultations allows continued provision of neurological services to patients while reducing hospital footfall; this could limit the spread of COVID-19 and avoid exposing vulnerable patients who attend the clinic to unnecessary risk. 3 Given that the clinical history provides the greatest part of the information that leads to a diagnosis, 4 remote consultation should be able to help many patients. 6 Although a quarter of all patient consultations now occur on the telephone in general practice, there is no evidence base upon which to inform clinician training in this skill. Virtual (telephone or video) consultations should be booked in the usual way, so that the patient, the clinician and the hospital each has a record of the appointments taking place. However, if video access is limited, then the patient can be contacted initially by telephone before deciding the need for a video consultation or a 'phone-toexamination' clinic (see below).	./cache/cord-344668-9m1vnpmo.txt	./txt/cord-344668-9m1vnpmo.txt