From: "McCormick Simon Dr, Consultant, A&E"
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>I would suggest that equating tobacco and alcohol consumption with NWNF
>lawyers, whilst tempting, is unfair in a health setting.
--> OK. You're right. It was a rather underhanded thing of me to do. Smoking
and alcohol are indeed "bad", but lawyers are in a class of their own,
WAYYYY up the scale of things which are REALLY bad...
>Please don't misunderstand me, I'm not keen on the use of this money but
>other parts of this Trust, and indeed other EDs, seem to be happy to take
>it.
--> We do not misunderstand. We would be just as tempted, no?
>In this new business orientated NHS the decision not to take 'free' money
>has to be justified robustly.
--> It's not "free". I am aware of what they usually offer and it's PEANUTS
compared to the value of the advertising and promotion they receive in
return by the "A&E Doctor handed to me this NWNF sercive's details, so it's
probably the right thing to do" route...
>Perhaps someone from an ED who does take this money would care to comment
>on how such a decision was taken and how staff felt/feel about it.
--> Sorry, can't help. All I could describe is the decision process which
resulted in us saying "no"...
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