Yes, all this "regionalisation" doesn't sit very well with the government's
green policies. Not only will the ambulances be covering vast distances, but
so will the relatives and many of the staff. Mind you, if you were the
government about to institute road taxing, or the like, it would make
perfect sense.
AF (Declaration: OK, my motor vehicle may be 3.6 litre but it does have two
catalytic converters!)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Webster" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: Emergency access - Clinical case for change: Report by Sir
George Alberti
> Then when there is nothing the super A&E can do for you as you are outside
> the 2 hour window for stroke, your local hospital can not take you back
> because they have had to cut beds and staff as they have had financial cut
> backs. Your poor relatives then have to travel 3 hours a day to visit you
> while you wait 2 months for a bed in a nursing home. Sir Georges vision is
> good in theory but will fall down like so many ideas in practice.
>
> Andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Accident and Emergency Academic List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Bailey
> Sent: 06 December 2006 07:09
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Emergency access - Clinical case for change: Report by Sir
> George Alberti
>
> Because,
> Let's face it, if you're critically unwell the back of an ambulance
> driving
> across the country for a prolonged period of time is just the place you
> want
> to be.
>
> Paul Bailey
> Western Australia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Accident and Emergency Academic List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dunn Matthew Dr. (RJC) A
> &
> E - SwarkHosp-TR
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 December 2006 1:56 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Emergency access - Clinical case for change: Report by Sir
> George Alberti
>
> I am also somewhat concerned by Sir George's comments that he would be
> happy
> travelling across the country if critically ill and if he deteriorated in
> the ambulance paramedics could sort it out; and that when he suggests all
> suspected MIs and suspected strokes travelling potentially long distances
> to
> get to specialised centres he does not seem to take account that this
> comes
> to about 2 million cases a year in England (i.e. those who require
> assessment by an experienced doctor rather than just those with a definite
> diagnosis).
>
>
> Matt Dunn
> Warwick
>
>
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