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Letters GP requests for MRI scans

GPs should trust musculoskeletal clinicians’ expertise

BMJ 2024; 387 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2779 (Published 20 December 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:q2779
  1. Judith M Neaves, general practitioner and musculoskeletal physician
  1. Kendal, UK
  1. judith.neaves{at}outlook.com

Mathew is correct that patients need to understand what is causing musculoskeletal symptoms; she is wrong that the diagnosis lies in expensive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).1 The advanced nurse practitioners, extended scope physiotherapists, and musculoskeletal physicians in specialty clinics usually do have the understanding of musculoskeletal symptoms and management. What they might need to …

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