PCGs might be able to negotiate common consultant waiting lists for routine,
mainstream ops like THRs etc. This would let pts be operated on ASAP. Locally
a consultant with a vast WL is leaving so until a replacement starts his list
is being distributed among the other 7 guys. Pts have been given dates for ops
much sooner and are v pleased as are GPs.
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From: [log in to unmask] on behalf of John King
Sent: 08 July 1998 14:02
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: more referral letters
In article <[log in to unmask]>, Jel Coward
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>>I referred this patient to you a while ago. They have an
>>appointment to see you in three months. They contacted the
>>hospital and were told that their appointment could be
>>expedited if they pressed their GP for a letter. Please
>>consider this such a letter.
>>
>>Yours etc.
>>
>
>I do this too - any one else?
Yes. The patient gets sent a note by the hospital giving an approximate
month and year for the appointment, with advice to ask their GP to write
if they need seeing more urgently (fair enough). Recently, patients have
been showing notes saying the consultant requested has a long list but
there are other consultants with shorter lists that we could refer to
instead (this inspite of picking the shortest waiting time from the
monthly waiting times list at the time of referral). I now address most
referrals to "The consultant with the shortest list" and am waiting to
see if this helps.
--
John King
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