I appreciated Natasha Elmore’s thoughtful and considered responses to correspondence linked to her recent publication.1–3
We previously carried out work on giving patients the choice of appointment length,4 and found (contrary to GPs’ expectation) that patients were accurate at estimating appointment length required. Having chosen a specific appointment length, patients also gave careful thought as to how they may manage their own consultation, based on consult duration preference.
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