"I would note that David Lammy (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
for
Health with responsibility for emergencies) has spoken out against
having
admitting teams assessing patients in A and E as to whether they should
be
admitted- the idea being that the first person to assess them should be
competent to make the decision and if this can't be done, they should go
to
a clinical decision unit (which he feels should be in a proper ward)."
Alert! Alert! Potential breach of medical autonomy! Curtains round Dr
Dunn, curtains round Dr Dunn!
Like I care what some pipsqueak politician thinks. "The first person to
assess them should be competent to make the decision." Great. Now tell
him to fund 12 Consultants in my department.
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