Interesting. NGMS is supposed to be a high-trust contract, as chisholm and
NHSconfed explicitly stated, so y r the PCTs-not just yours- doing this?
>From: Laurie Slater <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: GP-UK <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: paperwork
>Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 18:08:08 GMT
>
>Paul wrote:
><< anyone got any tips on dealing with the daily drudge of path
>reports, pmas, letters, scripts etc. Beginning to piss me off even
>more-and i'm pretty slick with this stuff too.>>
>
>
>A worsening problem here too. We are reaching fever pitch trying to
>supply our PCT with increasing volumes of data about ..... well almost
>anything and everything.
>
>Q: "Thank you letting us know your Q&O aspiration points. Please could
>you send us the evidence for how you arrived at these figures"
>
>A: No. Can't and won't. They are figures which I am aiming towards for
>next year. There is no 'evidence' yet.
>
>Q: Please supply evidence for [XXXXXX]. Because the PCT is short on
>funds it is unlikely that any application with incomlete data will be
>considered in a favourable light.
>
>A: Does that mean we are not working on the same side any more?
>
>Q: "23/3/04 Thank you for agreeing to take part in the local 2003/2004
>LDS scheme. Please supply us with the corroborative evidence for
>[insert a large number of ludicrously ambitious and unacheivable
>targets that we picked out of the air and forgot to discuss with you]
>by 25/03/04.
>
>A: LDS was meant to be our money, but hey, you guys are so broke so
>why don't you keep it.
>
>Q: Are you profiling the chronic disease workload to match practice
>capacity and seasonal demands?
>
>A: No. We close at busy times and open when it is quiet. Thanks for
>bringing this to our attention.
>
>Q: Are you achieving the aim that patients gain maximum benefit from
>their medicine(s) to maintain their quality and duration of life, and
>do not suffer unnecessarily from illness caused by excessive
>inappropriate or inadequate consumption of medications?
>
>A: Can you tell the difference between a banana and a head of maize?
>Why are you asking us such mindless questions? [OK these are Socratic
>answers with question marks after them]
>
>Things can't be so bad if I have time on my hands to write to GP-UK.
>In my defence the therapist said I must engage in some form of
>carthartic activity if I am to deal with this free floating anxiety
>which keeps me awake of a night. Whilst on ocassions I think I'd
>sooner just evacuate all over my PCT, I do recognise that their poor
>little soldiers are also suffering the same mindless abuse that we
>are. Everyone is so blinded by the deadlines and the targets that they
>have lost the time for reflection and the ability to navigate. The
>throttle is stuck to the floor and there is no steering wheel, just a
>railroad track pointed towards the edge of a cliff. We and our fellow
>workers in the PCTs are frantically busy on board the locomotive, like
>so many headless chickens, but with just a hint of insight as to the
>outcome which rather adds to the excitement. Who will save us? Caped
>Crusader Captain Crap Cutter where are you?
>
>Laurie
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