Suspected DVT (NHS Wales)

This clinical template is designed to meet GP contract requirements in Wales for practices partaking in a Clinical Quality Improvement initiative, that is also part of the Quality Assurance and Improvement Framework (QAIF). The Suspected DVT clinical template is designed to assist clinicians to record essential and optional information.

Accessing the Suspected DVT Clinical Template

To access the Suspected DVT clinical template:

  1. From Consultation Manager, select the patient required.

  2. From the Vision+ floating toolbar , select Clinical Templates and then select Suspected DVT (NHS Wales):

  3. The Suspected DVT template displays:

    The template is split into three tabs:

    • History - Displays clinical information from the patient's record.

      See Viewing the History Tab for details.

    • Suspected DVT - The main template tab, complete as required.

      See Using Templates for details.

      Don't forget:

      • A red exclamation mark and black triangle display to indicate that the information required here is mandatory. You must enter data here before saving and closing the template.

      • A red asterisk and black triangle display to indicate that the information here is required. Should you save the template a Required warning displays as 'At least one required field is empty. Required fields are indicated by an asterisk, do you want to continue?'. Select Yes or No as required.

      This clinical template contains an embedded calculator, see Wells' DVT Score Calculator for details.

  4. Select Save & Close to save the data to the patient's record:

Note - To print this topic select Print in the top right corner and follow the on-screen prompts.