>From: Geoff Bryant <[log in to unmask]>
>But I think this comment is also unfair. I had a look at some NHS Direct
>algorhythms with some GPs. The GPs felt that the algos. represented a
>greater
>degree of safety than most GPs practice. Patients also unintentionally
>mis-inform doctors.
>
You have a point. I accept that this, as you have shown with these GPs, must
be valid. Still, without nagging (I hope), can't we spend money on better
training/software/whatever-you-wish for GPs and A&E rather than set up
another service with the same problem (Plus-Minus, depending on the case) in
order to then have to correct them anyway...
>Doc Holiday wrote:
>
> > Of course, some people might find they have taken an unnecessary trip to
> > GP/A&E when a telephone message could have given them all the
>information
> > they needed, instead of the triage doc/nurse providing it. But at least
>they
> > do not suffer potential harm caused by them unintentionally
>mis-informing a
> > telephone advice service about their condition through ignorance.
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