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; Pankaj Gupta

doi:10.3399/bjgpopen20X101090

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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@uhl-tr.nhs.uk

Mayur Lakhani

6West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group, Leicester, UK

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Kamlesh Khunti

2Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK

5NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK

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Pankaj Gupta

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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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, Pankaj Gupta

BJGP Open 2020; 4 (5): bjgpopen20X101090. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen20X101090

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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, Pankaj Gupta

BJGP Open 2020; 4 (5): bjgpopen20X101090. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen20X101090

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