Good point. I suspect the general answer is no. Some histopathology colleagues have asked for this work to be separately identified so that they may charge a fee. At least the increased laboratory analytical costs involved in waiting list initiative work should be recognised. Is this happening?
Jeff Davies
>>> Mohammad Al-Jubouri <[log in to unmask]> 09/24/02 10:07am >>>
If I may expand the discussion to include the waiting
list initiative patients, can people identify these
patients seperately from usual NHS patients. More
importantly do people/department receive
consultant/specialist fee for doing the work on such
patients.
thanks
Mohammad
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Dear Andrew
>
> As I recall, when I previously mentioned this
> subject, I received more than one reply to say that
> it is actually illegal to do this - i.e. for a
> private consultant to arrange for tests that he/she
> needs for the private consultation to be done by a
> back-door method such as asking the GP to get them
> carried out on the NHS. I cannot, however, remember
> the reference document which was quoted in these
> replies.
>
> I think that it is a big problem - I am frequently
> being called up by irate the private practice
> secretaries of consultants demanding results over
> the phone and criticising the NHS lab. for not
> having sent copies to the private practice (the
> reason for not doing so is of course that the
> request form from the GP deliberately avoid making
> any mention of anything that may give a hint that
> the request is for private practice purposes - a
> point that I make forcefully to the enquiring
> secretary)
>
> We should do something about it - what, I am not
> sure!!
>
> David Williams
>
>
>
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> Subject: private patients
>
>
> The subject of tests on private patients has been
> aired on the mailbase
> before: if a patient has a private consultation and
> the Consultant indicates
> to the GP a set of tests to be done prior to the
> next private consultation,
> should these tests be NHS or private?
> The only pertinent document appears to be the DoH
> 'green book' - The
> Management of Private Practice in the NHS 1986. This
> has not been updated.
> Opinion from Learned Friends is that there is
> nothing to prevent these tests
> being done as NHS tests, providing the GP requests
> them; copies to the
> Consultant can, of course, attract a fee.
>
> A Taylor
> Biochemistry, RUH Bath NHS Trust
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