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Request for evidence to back up further RCP claims.
Claim made by: Royal College of Physicians
Location: https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/sites/default/files/hypothyroidism_statement_0.pdf
The only validated method of testing thyroid function is on blood, which must include
serum TSH and a measure of free thyroxine (T4
Update 2015-05-13
Dear Lorraine Cleaver,
Thank you for your enquiry.
I was unable to provide a reference list of evidence when you contacted us last November. As mentioned in our previous correspondence, the guidance is based on the consensus of an expert panel which was temporarily formed for this purpose; the evidence they used to form their individual opinions was not collated.
You may wish to contact the Society of Endocrinology and the British Thyroid Association if you haven't already.
Kind regards,
Karen Reid
RCP Enquiries
Library, Archive and Museum Services
Royal College of Physicians
11 St Andrews Place | Regent’s Park | London NW1 4LE
Comments: 2
lorraine cleaver
I and many others would like to see this evidence of the only validated method.
lorraine cleaver
Dear Lorraine Cleaver,
Thank you for your enquiry.
I was unable to provide a reference list of evidence when you contacted us last November. As mentioned in our previous correspondence, the guidance is based on the consensus of an expert panel which was temporarily formed for this purpose; the evidence they used to form their individual opinions was not collated.
You may wish to contact the Society of Endocrinology and the British Thyroid Association if you haven't already.
Kind regards,
Karen Reid
RCP Enquiries
Library, Archive and Museum Services
Royal College of Physicians
11 St Andrews Place | Regent’s Park | London NW1 4LE