Come on!!
If you are going to stand up and be counted.One Pound won't return your
supermarket trolley.
I had an Aussie patient who rang complainining that the trimethoprim I
gave her for her UTI had caused severe diarrhoea.The offer to replace
with another class did not placate as expected."But I will have to pay
another prescription charge won't I"She was angry and appeared to hold
me reponsible for using a product that would make her ill only to have
to fork out another prescription charge thereafter.
The explanation that the charge is only a small contribution to the cost
of the drugs made no impact whatsoever.
This in apatient who was eager to be treated initially because she had
prviously hax toxic shock syndrome!!
So to return to the main theme FIVE UK POUNDS per patient
contact.(Inflation linked!)
Gillian of the deprived ward of Kilburn!
In message <[log in to unmask]>, Iain L M
Hotchkies <[log in to unmask]> writes
>In message <[log in to unmask]> you wrote:
>
>> 2. Scrap prescription charges, but everybody (and I mean everybody) has to
>> pay to see the doctor/nurse/A&E.
>>
>> Ok everybody, stand me up against the wall and take aim :-)
>
>Not me - I'll be standing up there with you.
>
>I'd be in favour of a flat charge of one pound per contact
>with a healthcare professional.
>
>Not enough to allow people to complain that they couldn't
>afford it [*], but enough to make people think.
>
>[*] or enough to allow them to increase their expectations
>even further :)
--
Dr Gillian Braunold
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