I do wonder if the time wasted in debating and worrying about the changing of
a word in accident & emergency is really worth it? I honestly cannot believe
that we have a chance in affecting how joe public 'God bless em" perceives us
and uses us by simply changing a name.
If anything, we should be thinking long term and blurring the edges of A&E and
moving our focus towards preventative medicine/accident prevention and
teachings into local schools. A&E, with appropriate funding, could fight its
way out of the corner health issues has forced it into, who better to teach
about accidents/health issues than a member of a team who deals with it day in
day out ...........and has the pictures to prove it!
OK there is no immediate benefit for us poor devils but there is no quick fix
for this, and changing a name is surely a quicker than quick fix :)
Andy Thurgood
In a message dated 1/19/99 11:13:43 PM GMT Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:
<< Since the letter (suggesting it was time to rethink the term "A & E") was
published in the journal, I've had a few emails and seen a number of emails
to
the list. So far, all have been in favour of dropping the A word. Is there
anyone out there who thinks it should stay? I suppose that the next step
should be to introduce a constitutional amendment for debate and resolution
at
the 2000 conference in Cambridge. The other option would be to have a debate
without a vote at this yeear's AGM in Belfast. What do you think? >>
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