Just a friendly reminder to be extra careful with any clinical notes being sent to GPs after assessing a patient for hypertension. There has been some feedback from GPs who state that they are either having to see a patient again, or do a follow-up with them meaning that that they are potentially duplicating work.
The notes need to clearly state why a patient may have refused to have an ABPM so the GP can then assign tasks based on this information. If a patient does refuse the ABPM then the option of them being monitored over 7 days at set times can be offered as an alternative, these readings can then be shared with the GP.