The doctors looking after Cobham Cottage Hospital, Cobham, Surrey
recently negotiated for an extremely large increase in payment from the
local health authority. I think they were quite successful. The doctor
I think who organised much of the negotiation is called Dr. Tony Watson.
I don't have any further details but he is a Cobham based GP. I'm sure
it would be worth approaching him for info'.
Roger Leary. GP, Esher, Surrey.
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From: Graham Balin <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 16 October 1998 19:30
Subject: Cottage hospitals bed fund
>Can anyone help me with some background info regarding the above?
>As the temporary (=unwilling) chairman of our local GP hospital medical
>staff committee, and about to start negotiations for an increase in the
>Bed Fund, I would be interested to know what other people get around
the
>country.
>
>Am faintly horrified to see in medeconomics that the fund (ukp466.25
for
>each eligible bed) is recommended.
>
>I seem to remember reading somewhere about a scale of fees ukp 50 or so
>for the first day in hospital per patient, 10 thereafter, which seems
to
>me more reasonable.
>
>There is no resident medical cover at the hospital. I have been in
twice
>on a saturday, once to clerk the old boy in, the next week to
catheterise.I
>reckon 2 saturdays mucked up is using up a significant chunk of my
>466.25 and that's just in 2 weeks on one patient.
>
>Although I quite like the service, and the patients love it, (friendly
>local hosp. that saves 15 mile trip to DGH with nurses that don't have
>time to talk, let alone wipe vomit etc.) I really don't see that I want
>to continue being exploited. trouble is, of course, if all the doctors
>resign, the droids will rub their hands with glee and shut the place,
>telling the media that it is all the doctors' fault.
>
>Cheerio,
>
>Graham
>
>'Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at
> which one can die.'
>
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