Paul Caldwell wrote:
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> I have today had a missive from East Riding HA asking us to restrict emergency
> and routine referrals, as they are predicted to overspend, on pain of halting
> elective work. Is this ethical? How should one, or should one, do this? What
> is our legal position? Will we be blamed if, as most likely happens, referrals
> continue upwards? If the PR shit hits the fan, will ERH say " well of course
> the patient should have got his treatment, but it's the clinical
> responsibility of the GP to refer"?
We're getting the same in N Yorks - 3% cut in elective activity to fund
emergency work first....they agree WLs will grow & acknowledge that some
elective procedures will become emergency ones as time passes. Their
prioirity is to get through the next financial year & after that see
what a new government might bring....
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