Prioritisation of vascular outpatient appointments cannot be based on referral letters alone.

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Published in Surgeon on June 01, 2008

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N N B Patel1, J D'Souza, M Rocker, E Townsend, G Morris-Stiff, M Manimaran, T R Magee, R B Galland, M H Lewis

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1: Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant, Ynysmaerdy, Rhondda Cynon.

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