Quite a generous increase!
Andy
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On 28 Nov 2008, at 22:49, Ray McGlone <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> £62 in April though (smile)
>
> Ray McGlone
> LanCaster
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Accident and Emergency Academic List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew Webster
> Sent: 28 November 2008 22:26
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Telephone advice from the ED
>
> I understood that HRG4 was not going to include A&E
> tarriffs and that we would still be using HRG 3.5.
> Presumably because it showed that we would cost to much.
> Amzaing how much a the hospital gets for certain
> procedures. For example if we suture a child up using
> ketamine, we get the low tarriff of £54. The same
> procedure done by max-fax would bring the trust in over
> £1000.
>
> Andy
>
>
> On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:55:13 +0000
> mark nicol <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> I attended an update regading PBR and it seems likely
>> that with HRGv4 details liekly 8dec08, for implementation
>> april 09, there will be clarity of fee for non face:face
>> consultations (if it is in lieu of a face:face
>> consultation).
>> mark> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:25:31 +0000> From:
>> [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Telephone advice
>> from the ED> To: [log in to unmask]> > > I > >
>> doubt it makes much difference either way and know of no
>> real > > life case of successful litigation about bad
>> telephone > > advice. > > One happened in my own
>> department (the incident was shortly before I started as
>> a consultant in 1998, but I was involved in the paperwork
>> afterwards). Part of the problem was that the lack of
>> paperwork made it impossible to defend.> > > The opposite
>> solution, of course, is all callers for advice > > should
>> be told to attend. This may lead to a lot of > >
>> "nonsense" visits, and opens us to the accusation of > >
>> profiteering by our PBR masters.> > > > That would seem
>> to neatly transfer the problem to the PCT: if they don't
>> want you to advise these patients to attend, they could
>> provide a service that deals with the calls and directs
>> the patients as they feel appropriate.> The other point
>> is that if you are giving telephone advice it would be
>> reasonable for there to be a tariff for that (as happens
>> with advice to GPs in some areas)> > Matt Dunn> Warwick>
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