Donovan Ross sniped:
> In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] writes
> >Strong suggestion
> >Absolute refusal to do more than required by GMS without fee. Lay it on the
> >line to the matron what is and what is not available. Any remotely ambulant
> >patient MUST attend the surgery and not have a visit - even if wheelchair
> >bound - there are wheelchair taxis. Don't forget para 13 of terms of service
> >which allow YOU THE DR to decide [1] if a consultation is necessary and [2]
> >where it should take place.
> >Good Luck
> >Peter Swinyard
> >Vice Chairman Wilts LMC
>
> What a sad reflection on a caring profession. When the patient has
> become a fiancial package to the "back-stop" of our society, I really
> wonder whether you should be in an executive position. Don't you think '
> you should be challenging the authority of the authorities rather than
> making callous remarks.
> Many people are "remotely ambulant", but that does not mean that they
> can be moved safely, without pain or mental trauma. Practitioners should
> avoid "word games" at all cost. So sould you.
Cool.
Time to whip out my all-new, "just for GP-UK" .sig
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other but will be fairly supine when fighting with the Government or
charging the patients proper fees when they are due."
(Dr Sachit Shah, as posted on GP-UK 12th February 1998)
"Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes, there
is something in them that is not disagreeable to him." (Samuel Johnson)
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