On 04/16/98 07:55:19, "Paul Caldwell" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>er, perhaps well-run PCGs might sort out this problem and get clinicians
>getting the priority setting right?!
er, the problem described below is one of funding rather than
priorities :-)
Perhaps well run PCGs will be able to conjure up new money somehow given
the excellent start to the prep year without decent or any payment for
steering work ;-)
>I have a patient with very severe angina - to the extent that he is
>housebound. He has dipped into his meagre life savings to have a private
>angiogram, the NHS wait being 8 months. It appears that he may have some
>additional pulmonary problems and needs extensive further investigation.
>These will have to be done on the NHS and if all is well he may be suitable
>for angioplasty. There is likely to be an overall wait of over a year
>before he gets any active treatment. His need is desperate and I am not
>sure he will survive the wait.
[snip]
Ahmad
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