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Rowley Cottingham <[log in to unmask]> writes
>suggestion by Peter Hawker (I think) that ward patients should be sent to A&E to
>get procedures done thus preventing
>junior doctors being disturbed to do it.
We've streamlined the process. Our department already has a ward-full of
in-patients getting all their care from A&E nurses (and sometimes from
A&E docs). This is much more efficient than wasting expensive porters'
time transferring patients to A&E for procedures. It has the added bonus
that, as A&E can absorb, Tardis-like, an infinite number of ward
patients, management can do the important work of saving money by
closing beds elsewhere in the hospital. Damn, we're good!
Seriously, I assume everyone else in the South-East is presiding over
disintegrating Emergency services, or is it just my personal
incompetence and inefficiency causing a local problem here? Any ideas as
to what I should do would be gratefully received (off-list if you're
worried about the thought police from Whitehall eavesdropping).
Gautam
Dr G Ray
A&E
Sussex
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