Background Safety-netting has become best practice when dealing with diagnostic
uncertainty in primary care. Its use, however, is highly varied and a lack of evidence-based …

Faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) has a high sensitivity for the detection of colorectal
cancer (CRC). In a symptomatic population FIT may identify those patients who require …

Background Previous studies have reported how often safety-netting is documented in
medical records, but it is not known how this compares with what is verbalised and what …

Safety-netting has become a widely used term to describe an array of activities both within
the consultation and on systems levels. Within the consultation, safety-netting is considered …

The management of diagnostic uncertainty is part of every primary care physician's role. e–
Safety-netting tools help health care professionals to manage diagnostic uncertainty. Using …

Background This evaluation assesses the impact of an electronic safety netting software (E-
SN) package, C the Signs, in primary care services across five boroughs in North East …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected UK primary care, and as a
result the route to cancer diagnosis for many patients. Aim To explore how the pandemic …

Objectives This paper reports on an exploratory study into the perceived benefits and
challenges of using an electronic cancer prediction system, C the Signs, for safety netting …

Background The potential of the electronic health record to support safety netting has been
recognised and a number of electronic safety-netting (E-SN) tools developed. Aim To …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected UK primary care, and as a
result the route to cancer diagnosis for many patients. Aim To explore how the pandemic …