Rapid Diagnosis Clinics: A precision pathway for assessment of vague symptoms and GP gut instinct.

We are pleased to invite healthcare professionals and colleagues to an engaging in-person CPD evening focused on Rapid Diagnosis Clinics (RDCs) – a collaborative model that provides a structured pathway for assessing vague or non-specific symptoms, often driven by GP gut instinct.

This event is a collaboration between the North Wales Medical School (NWMS) at Bangor University and Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB). The evening will focus on the service model of the RDC and will include discussion of cases referred to the clinic.  

Rapid Diagnosis Clinics were established to provide a route for referral and assessment of patients in which there is a clinical suspicion of serious underlying pathology (particularly but not exclusively cancer), but where there is not an established clinical referral pathway.

These clinics have been set up across BCUHB, and are jointly run by GPs and secondary care physicians. They have already proven their value and provide immediate access to clinical diagnostics and opinion for the primary care teams across the region.

Attendees will be encouraged to ask questions and, uniquely, be given insight into the workings of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) behind the RDCs. The event will be delivered by an MDT of experienced professionals and offer first-hand insights into service delivery, clinical pathways, and the practical impact of the RDC model in North Wales.