Referral of appropriate children for suspected growth failure to a paediatric endocrine specialist remains a problem. A review in 2018 noted: ‘A balance must be made to ensure eligible patients get referred while healthcare systems are not over-burdened by excessive referrals.’ The difficulty was highlighted at the recent meeting of the British Society for Paediatric…
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