Found my reference:
http://www.modern.nhs.uk/scripts/default.asp?site_id=35&id=8546
as you can see it depends on how we create our own 'spin'!!
Nick Jenkins
A&E Consultant
Abergavenny
http://www.ae-nevillhall.org.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: Danny McGeehan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 10 August 2003 19:30
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Turn them around
Colleagues
Do any departments have any robust triage or other protocols than I can look
at regarding Primary Care attedances to A&E. Our numbers are going up at a
rate of 10% and we are seeing more primary care patients attending for one
reason or another.
Our orthopods are stating that they will no longer see what they deem to be
inapropiate A&E referrals.
With Trick and Treat it is obviously becoming easier for the patients to
access A&E. Basically I want to know if we can turn them around and
dispatch them back to their GP's and hence would value any comments from the
list.
Kind regards
Danny McGeehan
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