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What's in a name I wonder if there is a South African connection... A group of mainly South African docs in NZ have established a whole profession based on treating minor "emergencies" at private walk in clinics. Called the "Accident and Medical Practitioners Association" for registration purposes. Of course these doctors all have lots and lots of "experience". Needless to say these clinics are market driven and some are now cutting back their hours which are unprofitable. Perhaps I am wrong and it will be trained FFAEMs who run this clinic in London. JohnC PS The private sector will never be the solution but you can't stop enterprising "experienced" doctors trying to earn a buck whilst announcing ( TO THE MEDIA ) that they are graciously "taking the load" off the beleaguered public system God bless them... but really irrelevant to the public system. -----Original Message----- From: Harrison [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 9:36 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: private "casualty" Presumably targetted at the champagne socialists who are presently running this country. Jeremy ----- Original Message ----- From: A S Lockey To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:29 PM Subject: private "casualty" Just stumbled across the following on the BBC News website - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3159359.stm It is talking about a private department called "Casualty Plus" that is being set up in London. It charges £29 for the initial consultation then £50-£100 in total for most routine "minor" injuries!!!! If possible, listen to the audio interview of the Chief Executive. Looking forward to hearing the list's views on this! Regards Andy ###################################################################### Attention: This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. ######################################################################