As an _old hand_ I think you'll find this in the GP-UK archives. Last time
we discussed this I mentioned that we abandoned it after 6 months. Most
patients can be divided into V urgent e.g. Ca, Urgent e.g. v painful knee
and routine. This is much easier for all concerned than some nebulous,
judgmental scoring system.
Dr G Mark Trowell
Highbridge Medical Centre
Pepperall Road
Highbridge
Somerset
TA9 3YA
Highbridge - "A cemetery with lights"
(01278) 783220
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From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Adrian Midgley
Sent: 23 April 1998 23:29
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Subject: Re: Health Priorities
[log in to unmask],Net writes:
>The Salisbury scoring system is designed to put a weighting on factors
>such
>as effect on work, disablity, pain and likelihood of complications if
>there
>is delay in treatment. Some patients have a very low Salisbury score
>and
>yet they must be operated on at 18 months. Given present resourcing they
>would never reach a priority sufficient to be operated on. However the
>government says there is no rationing, only priority setting
Can we get this scoring system placed on a website somewhere please?
Ideally worked up as a script to calculate the score, but that might be
quite a job.
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