Dear Luke,
The govt have made it clear that they have no concern as to whether care
is delivered by the private or employed sector as long as it is free at
the point of delivery. There are a number of private hospitals who have
contracted to provide care in the surgical field and it is a short step
to the provision of podiatry by private practitioners for an NHS payment
that is acceptable to the individual concerned. I know of at least two
depts where that is taking place.
The Society does support the involvement of such contracts and the
diversification of provision.
Whilst replying to your point I would also like to reply to Mark
Russell.
I must congratulate Mark's ability to get radio time but to ask why such
good coverage should lead to his conclusion that the Society is not
interested in the problem he highlights.
I am meeting the same Minister in a few weeks and the same issues are on
the agenda. I was at the DOH this Monday last and many of the same
points were discussed with officials.
Maximum involvement of the available trained workforce makes good sense
to NHS planners and public and is only restricted by the finance.
The DOH mantra which we heard this morning is that such decisions are no
longer made at the centre but are left to PCTs begs the question in my
mind as to why we still have Ministers if they are responsible for so
little.
TV coverage tomorrow on City Hospital for more podiatry in the media.
Kind Regards
Ralph Graham
Consultant Podiatrist
Witham, Essex, U.K.
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Hi to All.
Your not listening. The government are doing something. I heard their
spokesperson say so. Those who cannot get help from the NHS because
they have no medical need will be helped by the voluntary sector, like
Help the Aged. They have no plans to include the private sector. This
Government just can't do that, in case a misguided Trade Union thinks
that it is privatisation by the back door.
The last podiatry manager I spoke to said that he would be out of a job
if the private sector were allowed to treat NHS patients. Now how could
he ever think that. Does he mean that his staff might desert him and
treat the patients directly in the community? Or that the patients
would prefer to go elseware ? Or is it that doctors might have a Pod in
once a week to treat their own patients? Perish the thought. Isn't the
Society a trade union?
Kind Regards to All,
Luke Hawkins
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