Graham is currently in Page Arizona and Reading this on my iPod touch
a bit fiddly to type and as I can't add knowledgably to the thread,
I'll just lurk!
btw bloody snowing at the Grand Canyon grrrr!
MonumentValley is brilliant though
cheerio
gb
On 10/11/2008, Adrian Elliot-Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> i've been in the UK about three months now. i don't recall any organisation
> working in the you imply here before I left Australia (where I had been
> working for nine years) but the model of either corporate practices or
> indeed individual traditional practices providing all the back up for an
> individual non partner doctor in exchange for a proportion of their income
> (which is directly derived from charges per consultation) is very common.
>
> if an organisation did exist to come to a practice to do all the admin in
> the way that you suggest then 50% is a poor deal as well run practices in
> Australia would aim to only spend about 30-35 % of income on running costs.
>
> g'day
>
> Adrian
>
> PS suspect Graham or Jenny will have a go at explaining this too !
>
> 2008/11/10 Stephen Crawshaw <[log in to unmask]>
>
>> do you mean
>> http://www.ipnet.com.au/
>> ?
>>
>> --
>> SC
>>
>>
>> 2008/11/11 Saul Galloway <[log in to unmask]>:
>> > I heard recently about an organisation in Australia (I think) which is
>> > prominent in providing service level support for primary care over there
>> > i.e. they do the buildings/staff/back office support for a practice and
>> > charge the practices about 50% of their income. But I can't remember the
>> > organisation/chief execs name?
>> >
>> > Does anyone happen to know who/what I'm going on about? It must have
>> > half
>> > lodged into my mind through some recent UK coverage, possibly radio, but
>> I
>> > can't dredge it up through Google.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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