From: "Adrian Midgley" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 5:00 PM
> On Sunday 24 October 2004 14:47, Mary Hawking wrote:
>
> > They were then told from the DH that they *would* use the ISTC the DH
> > had contracted.
> > I don't think they are allowed to "sell" the surplus cataract operations
> > - even if they could find a buyer in this cash-strapped environment
>
> Surely Choose and Book implies, in fact requires, that exactly this
becomes
> routine.
Well maybe. But one of the things citizens need to know is that choosing a
private and/or distant provider may mean their local NHS unit becomes
unsustainable. I haven't noticed this explained in the patient information
drafts I've seen.
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Fay
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