On 03/08/98 10:23:22, "Ruth Livingstone" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>However, the chairman of the co-op was very keen to act in the spirit of
>goodwill to fellow practitioners, and compassion ruled the day :-)
I am afraid that in the harsh realities of PCGs and *real* costs, this
may not survive for very long.
It just doesn't make 'economic' sense. Your 'compassionate' chairman
might be overwhelmed by 50 other GPs whose real income and work load
would be on the line.
We shall have to wait and see, but given that 'Hotch's Theorem' hasn't
been nullfied yet, well, ....
Ahmad
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