OK more correctly an "attempted" TR because I declined.
The point I was trying to make (badly) was that the boundaries are the
least of it, even politicians are unlikely to cook up a system
requiring gps to visit an unlimited range. Its more about
registration, continuing care, responsibility, and the pay that should
follow those.
The whole push is a politically motivated attempt (and satisfying the
population is a valid political ambition) to cater to not so ill
working patients who would like to consult near their place of work
because they dont like to take time off work to see their registered
dr at home.
You *could* allow patients to register with any practice they liked
but if living outside practice boundary they forgo their "right" to a
visit, and then if they are ill at home they have to go that "walk in
centre" called A&E ... :-(
On 9 June 2011 00:45, Adrian Midgley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 8 June 2011 23:16, Saul Galloway <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I had a TR extra a couple of weeks ago that was only in front of me
>> because he couldn't get an appt at his own practice 1/2 a mile away,
>
> But he is not and never would have been a TR.
>
> In the old days you could have seen him (and claimed a fee) as an
> immediately necessary consultation, and in principle the Health
> Authority could reclaim the cost of your fee from the Practice he was
> registered with, if you were in the overlap of your practice areas.
>
> Even now, it was up to you...
>
> I'd probably have rung his own doctor.
>
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> Adrian Midgley http://www.defoam.net/
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