TY - JOUR T1 - Viewpoint: Too many templates JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 24 LP - 24 DO - 10.3399/bjgp17X688609 VL - 67 IS - 654 AU - Sarah Alderson Y1 - 2017/01/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/67/654/24.abstract N2 - Tick boxes and templates are part of primary care; for better or worse, they look like they are here to stay. Recently in my clinic I had a patient booked in for a 10-minute consultation for a medication review. The review was for 16 different medications, for 10 different chronic diseases, and included the diabetes, coronary heart disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, asthma, and rheumatoid arthritis templates to fill in, as well as the over-75 health check, admissions avoidance template, and the new local initiative, the polypharmacy template. The patient also had a new problem that they wanted to discuss. After all, a medication review just means the doctor ticks the box to say the patient can carry on getting their medication for the next year, doesn’t it? That only takes 2 minutes so there is plenty of time to discuss new dizziness … ER -