title: Increasing workload of an HIV/AIDS counselling service in a London teaching hospital, 1990-91.
abstract: The number of new patients referred to the HIV/AIDS Counselling Unit at the Royal Free Hospital, London, increased from 926 in 1989-90 to 1450 in 1990-91. Follow-up contacts nearly doubled during the same period of time. Growing demand for HIV testing as well as the shift to the treatment of HIV as a chronic condition increased the workload of the HIV/AIDS counsellors.
authors.affiliation: HIV/AIDS Unit, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bor
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Elford
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Richey
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Salt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tilling
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D003376:Counseling / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D015497:HIV-1; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008131:London / Q000453:epidemiology; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*