--- [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Not so fast, Steve. It's common knowledge that
> Kettering started the "see and treat" initiative,
> but it's also well known that they practise this
> during office hours only. They do not have
> consultant presence in the evenings and in my view
> that's leaving your department wide open for
> precisely the sort of disaster that Danny has
> highlighted.
Not so fast yourself! I'm not even sure that this chap
was seen by the A&E team. He was seen at a GP drop in
centre at 1:00am and then it says didn't see a doctor
until 7:00am. It doesn't say it was a cas officer. I
suspect he was a GP referral to the medics and that
medical admissions are seen in A&E as they are in a
number of hospitals. It doesn't say what time he
arrived at the hospital either. This sort of scenario
has happened in our hospital where medical admissions
were not seen until hours after admission - on the
medical admissions unit fortunately not A&E, to the
detriment of the patient. I supect it has nothing at
all to do with see & treat and more to do with
inadequate input into emergency medical admissions. A
problem which is all too common!
Cheers Fred.
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