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Reducing vitamin D requests in a primary care cohort: a quality improvement study

Veena Patel, Clare Gillies, Prashanth Patel, Timothy Davies, Sajeda Hansdot, Virginia Lee, Mayur Lakhani, Kamlesh Khunti and Pankaj Gupta
BJGP Open 2020; 4 (5): bjgpopen20X101090. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20X101090
Veena Patel
1Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
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Clare Gillies
2Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
3Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
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Prashanth Patel
2Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
4Department of Metabolic Medicine and Chemical Pathology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
5NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
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Timothy Davies
4Department of Metabolic Medicine and Chemical Pathology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
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Sajeda Hansdot
2Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
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Virginia Lee
4Department of Metabolic Medicine and Chemical Pathology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
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  • For correspondence: Virginia.lee{at}uhl-tr.nhs.uk
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6West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group, Leicester, UK
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Kamlesh Khunti
2Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
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Pankaj Gupta
2Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
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vol. 4 no. 5 bjgpopen20X101090
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20X101090
PubMed 
33144362

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Royal College of General Practitioners
History 
  • Received September 29, 2019
  • Accepted January 6, 2020
  • Published online December 15, 2020.

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  1. Veena Patel1,
  2. Clare Gillies2,3,
  3. Prashanth Patel2,4,5,
  4. Timothy Davies4,
  5. Sajeda Hansdot2,
  6. Virginia Lee4,*,
  7. Mayur Lakhani6,
  8. Kamlesh Khunti2,5 and
  9. Pankaj Gupta2,4,5
  1. 1Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
  2. 2Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
  3. 3Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
  4. 4Department of Metabolic Medicine and Chemical Pathology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
  5. 5NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
  6. 6West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group, Leicester, UK
  1. ↵*For correspondence:
    Virginia Lee, Virginia.lee{at}uhl-tr.nhs.uk
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