In message <[log in to unmask]>, Andrew
Herd <[log in to unmask]> writes
>While I think your statement is logical, and certainly the moral line I
>adhere to, unfortunately it isn't legal under the NHS Act, which says that
>you cannot deny NHS care to a patient who is receiving private treatment.
No-one said you should.
Isn't this the same question as to whether you are *obliged* to accept
the advice you have requested under the NHS?
What would you do if a consultant (private or NHS) sugested that
betainterfron might help your patient?
Mary
>
>This is a bit of a bummer.
>
>Andrew
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
>> [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: 12 June 1998 22:18
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: A foul tasting cocktail, patients mixing NHS with Private
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>>
>> > Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 07:56:31 EDT
>> > Subject: A foul tasting cocktail, patients mixing NHS with Private
>> > From: [log in to unmask]
>> > To: [log in to unmask]
>> > Reply-to: [log in to unmask]
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>> <snip>
>> > Do any of you folks get this problem and what do you do about it?
>> > Shahid Dadabhoy
>> >
>> You aren't 'supposed' to mix private and NHS money for the same
>> condition. This gets a bit complicated with surgical referrals as the
>> out-patient and in-patient events are considered seperate treatments.
>>
>> What I sometimes do when feeling really belligerent is put a PS on
>> the referral letter stating that I will not sanction payments for
>> further care if transfered to the NHS for medical stuff, if it's
>> surgical then the PS says they must not be given priority on the
>> waiting list.
>>
>> No consultant has yet challenged this:-)
>>
>> Dr David J Plews
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>
Mary Hawking Kingsbury Court Surgery Church Street Dunstable LU5 4RS
tel:01582 663218 (surgery)fax:01582 476488 (surgery)
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