Mary Hawking wrote:
>
> In message <[log in to unmask]>, Iain L M
> Hotchkies <[log in to unmask]> writes
> >In message <[log in to unmask]> tobylipm wrote:
> >
> >> We would have to wear old-fashioned suits with waistcoats, carry an
> >> umbrella and Gladstone bag, and drive Ford Consuls. We could get rid of
> >> pagers, mobile phones and dictaphones (we would have one standard
> >> referral letter, scribbled on a piece of paper torn from a notepad:
> >> "Dear Doctor, re Mrs Bloggs, please see and treat"). One of the best
> >> things would be that we could make huge savings on our drugs budgets and
> >> it would be almost impossible to sue us for negligence because the
> >> knowledge and skill expected of the average GP would be so low that we
> >> could get away with minimal standards of clinical care.
> >>
> >> Is this a nightmare or what?
> >
> >Hmmmm, I think I could live with that for a few years.
> >Until I retire, anyway.
> After you retire,you'll become a patient
> Could you live with that then?
> Mary
>
> --
> Mary Hawking
> Kingsbury Court Surgery
> Church Street
> Dunstable
> Beds LU5 4RS
> tel:01582 601289 (home)
> 01582 663218 (surgery)
> fax:01582 476488 (surgery)
Sorry Mary, but in the present system not enough of us are even reaching
what most employees would consider a sensible retirement age.
Open up that gladstone bag and sharpen the wide bore multi-use needle, it
is time for an injection of reality!
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