An unattributable rumour from a source who I have no reason to believe
knows anything definite suggests that we will be unlikely to see the
new stragey on 30 Sept 98 (my most recent estimate) as there will be
pressure to separate it as widely as possible from the public accounts
ctee report on the acquisition of the Read Codes.
THis is expected to be adverse.
A pity in some ways, because although the business was mismanaged and
the production of a workable superset was delayed almost unbelievably,
we now have it.
Curiously my source repeated the theory that Read 3 is more usable for
GPs than for specialties due to insufficient detail, and is continuing
to use ICD 9/10 so I will put more emphasis on the political nous than
the coding knowledge.
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