Increasing workload of an HIV/AIDS counselling service in a London teaching hospital, 1990-91

R Bor; J Elford; L Richey; D Murray; H Salt; J Tilling; R Miller; M Johnson

doi:10.1177/095646249200300210

Increasing workload of an HIV/AIDS counselling service in a London teaching hospital, 1990-91

Int J STD AIDS. 1992 Mar-Apr;3(2):125-7. doi: 10.1177/095646249200300210.

Authors

R Bor¹, J Elford, L Richey, D Murray, H Salt, J Tilling, R Miller, M Johnson

Affiliation

¹ HIV/AIDS Unit, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, London, UK.

PMID: 1571384
DOI: 10.1177/095646249200300210

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.

MeSH terms

AIDS Serodiagnosis
Counseling / organization & administration
Counseling / statistics & numerical data
Counseling / trends*
HIV Infections / epidemiology
HIV Infections / therapy*
HIV-1*
Health Services Needs and Demand
Hospital Units / organization & administration
Hospital Units / statistics & numerical data
Hospital Units / trends*
Hospitals, Teaching
Humans
London / epidemiology
Referral and Consultation / statistics & numerical data
Workload / statistics & numerical data*