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Abstract
Non-attendance in community paediatric clinics in Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley Primary Health Care Trust
Eleni Stathopulu
Community paediatricians have developed a specialised role in areas of child development, disability, social and behavioural paediatrics.1 Non-attendance in community paediatric clinics has ???½ nancial implications for the NHS, because the average appointment for developmental and behavioural assessments lasts one hour. Clinical governance has identi???½fied non-attendance as a signi???½ cant area for improvement. The aim of this study was to ascertain the clinical and demographic pro???½ les of patients nonattending these clinics
