> He only has the right to send patients up to A&E, Danny, if they have an
> acute problem that he's worried about. Sending such chronic,
> non-traumatic,
> problems up to A&E is abuse, pure and simple. I wouldn't tolerate it.
Remember you have every right also to refuse to see the patient. However, that often is counter productive as it
reinforces a view in the patient that nobody is prepared to do anything. You did well in trying to help the patient.
In the longer term, I feel extremely uneasy at the new Stalinism that is creeping in, with some very loaded words and
phrases appearing. How many don't recognise these?
Compliance. Programmed activities. Targets. Modernisation. Status. Reporting (on). And more.
If these are not straight of a 1930s USSR tractor factor manual I don't know what is.
Best wishes,
Rowley Cottingham
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