On 01/07/98 08:32:43, "Andrew Herd" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This is the sort of thing that only a think tank could come up with!
>
> Just thinking about it for a second, it would result in all sorts of
> perversions of the system, for example, splitting consultations over
> multiple appointments and so forth. It would also bring with it exactly the
> sort of bureaucracy that ending fundholding is supposed to avoid. Who would
> check the consultation rates?
Actually, when you read the story, it's supposed to be part of a
package to cap GMS money! Huh? No idea how this would help make GMS
cash limited, do you?
If I am going to be paid according to consultations rates, I am all for
it ;-)
Ahmad
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