last year saw a 4% reduction on 2006 but this last two
months show a recovery to the 2006 numbers.
As a cheap holiday resort we might see a surge due to the
general financial slow down keeping folk in the UK later
in the year.
Despite the local Darzi review saying DO NOT BUILD a SOLO
walk in centre the local PCT plans to do just that and
cream off our minors stream that pays for our majors. One
guy is personally responsible for £13500 income this last
10 months. I have ceased to complain about him although
his GP is very p***** off.
On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:30:49 -0000
"McCormick Simon Dr, Consultant, A&E"
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Is anyone else noticing a steadying or drop off in
>numbers attending
> their EDs.
>
> Last month we were 10% down on last year and this month
>is looking like
> continuing the trend. There are a lot of initiatives in
>the community
> to reduce acute on chronic admissions (certainly via
>A&E) and there are
> rumours of penalties being applied to practices that
>have admissions via
> A&E, though I cannot confirm this. All this before the
>opening of our
> now infamous 'Iffy' centre for the walking
>wounded/unwell.
>
> If this trend continues we could find ourselves
>potentially unviable
> financially!
>
> Simon McCormick
>
> Rotherham
>
>
>
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