In a message dated 12/06/98 21:03:14, you write:
<< As the mental health teams only
have resources to care for the "serious" cases they would like to empower
practice nurses to take more responsibility in the guise of
collaboration,multi-professional working etc. I wonder how GPs feel about
supplementing the mental health team from their staffing budget? >>
Very simple- when our local community trust tried to get our practice nurses
to take over the treatment room role, we pointed out that our nurses have an
entirely different role, but if they'd like to train their nurses (at their
own expense) to take smears, monitor asthma, hypertension and diabetes , we
could ALL share the workload. Went quiet for a while........
Emile de Sousa
Weary of Weybridge
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