In message <[log in to unmask]>, Fay Wilson
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>Jeff Green wrote:
>> Fay Wilson wrote:
>>> They don't tell me when they take alcohol, nicotine or cannabis,
>> You haven't been reading all those alerts sent to you. We are now
>>meant to ask.
>>
>I was referring to the ones who don't some to see me! Surely everyone
>asks patients what they are taking in the ways of medicines as well?
>After all, there are other doctors in the world not just pharmacists.
>Once everyone in the world is on the NHS spine and every practitioner
>and shopkeeper in the world has access to it of course we won't need to
>ask the patient anything will we :-)
Interesting that the spine is expected to record cannabis as well as
alcohol and nicotine! Is there a Read Code for the amount? ;->>
I have patients who stoutly deny taking anything - but I don't always
believe them !
MaryH
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Mary Hawking
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