A recently required colleague, when negotiating admission with a junior
surgeon, was asked if he had "done a PR?", to which he replied "What's a
PR?".
The surgeon accepted the referral.
On 17/12/16 20:20, Paul Bromley wrote:
> Thanks all for the input. Will take a look at the options. Have a low
> cost adult one, but just thought I should get a paed one rather than
> relying on practices to have them. Our local hospital now puts you
> through an 'inquisition' to admit any paediatric case with a phone
> call to a consultant paediatrician (if you can get hold of one). A
> must is that you have all of the obs available including oximetry.
> Suspect it is to limit admissions. Has only just come in and I have
> not had to 'run the gauntlet' yet!
>
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Regards,
Stephen
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