In a message dated 12/06/98 21:34:57 GMT, you write:
<< What seems so unfair to me is that e.g. wait for orthopods is now > 1year
on
NHS. With private (pp) referral they then reduce their wait for surgery
from one year wait for outpatients + wait for surgery to: one week +wait for
surgery. Have you been able to stop this?
>>
Yes, none of the local consultants will allow it. The ones with the longest
NHS waiting lists eg orthopaedics are especially sensitive to queue jumping.
And the vast majority of people going privately these days from our surgery
have PHI
Jeremy Sager
GP
Leeds
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