title: Reforming referral procedures.
abstract: Sam Foster, Chief Nurse at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, considers how fitness to practise referrals could be streamlined to increase efficiency and reduce delays in decisions being made.
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Foster
mesh_terms: D004647:Employee Discipline; D004648:Employee Grievances; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D009740:Nursing Staff; D010559:Personnel Management; D011363:Professional Impairment; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D035642:Whistleblowing