TY - JOUR T1 - Failure to maintain patient access to GUM clinics JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections JO - Sex Transm Infect SP - 76 LP - 77 DO - 10.1136/sti.2003.006528 VL - 80 IS - 1 AU - A S Menon-Johansson AU - D A Hawkins AU - S Mandalia AU - S E Barton AU - F C Boag Y1 - 2004/02/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/80/1/76.abstract N2 - We read with interest the article published by Cassell et al1 about the maintenance of patient access to genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics following a switch to an appointment based system. Their data show no significant change in the age, ethnic mix, symptom status, and disease mix following the change to appointments. In addition, such a system of 35% prebooked appointments produced an increase in the number of patients seen over that time.A new appointment based system was introduced at the John Hunter genitourinary medicine clinic at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in October 2001. This comprised 80% of appointments which were prebooked … ER -