Axial SpA Playbook: reducing time to diagnosis and improving patient experience
This guide provides a “best practice” approach to support you in reducing the time to diagnosis in axial SpA locally, as well as the essential support that patients should receive when they are diagnosed.
It is organised along key sections of the pathway and provides checklists against which you can assess your current practice.
It also focusses on data as a tool to understand current performance, assess unmet need and measure improvement.
Resource links take you to guidance, templates, tools and case studies.
You can review the checklists, set your priorities and collect local data.
This tool has been co-badged by NHS England’s Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme. It is still applicable across all 4 nations in the UK.
Whether you are just starting your Playbook journey or want to check your progress, use our tool to check your progress.
Watch the online tutorial to help you understand how to use the Playbook and apply it to your local area.
Symptoms starting slowly
Pain in the lower back
Improves with movement
Night time waking
Early onset (under 40)
