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>Subject: Fw: Physio Caseloads.
>Date: December 30, 1998
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Chris Gould <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Physio Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: 30 December 1998 10:47
>Subject: Physio Caseloads.
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>Hello everyone, I've read your discussions with interest. There's
>something that's been bothering me for a while so I thought I'd mention
>it and see what people thought. I'm a senior 1 physio working in
>out-patients in an NHS hospital. I've noticed during my travels that
>there aren't any real guidelines as to the numbers of new patients it is
>realistic and maintainable to see per month for each given grade. As far
>as I can see this varies in number and in the way new patients are
>booked in from hospital to hospital.
>Some people are given targets per month, or allocated a number of new
>patients per month. Others have their diary filled depending on what
>space they have. My point is that where I work there are several
>hospitals in fairly close proximity, all different trusts, all operating
>different ways of booking in new patients for out-patient staff. The
>amounts of new patients seen, the time allocated for each initail
>assessment and subsequent treatment session varies greatly within this
>region, and no one seems to know what the right numbers are. Could
>people describe (Briefly, unlike myself) how their clinics run, the time
>allocations and the numbers of new patients that the different grades of
>physio's are expected to see per month. This would be very helpful.
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>Happy New Year Everyone !
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