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"Lord Carter of Coles will present his second report to Health Ministers in early 2008." http://www.thecarterreview.com/ Jonathan On 8 Jan 2008, at 17:01, Mohammad Al-Jubouri wrote: > End to end sample management by pathology reminds us of Lord > Carter's review, whatever happened to his final report which was > supposed to have been released by October 2007? > > Mohammad > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Myers Martin (Dr) <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Tuesday, 8 January, 2008 4:52:20 PM > Subject: Re: ... more diagnostic procedures will be available in GP > surger ies > > Paul, > > The trouble is that the patient pathway is being fragmented. > Whilst a poor phlebotomy service may result in a poor access to > pathology, that should not be used as an excuse to redesign > pathology. We should redesign phlebotomy. My concern is that > patients and politicians may interpret a poor phlebotomy service as > a poor pathology service and then initiate changes to pathology > (which wasn't a problem in the first place) instead of initiating > changes to the phlebotomy service. > > I reckon that most of the access issues in pathology can be > rectified with a decent phlebotomy and transport service. Patients > don't necessarily want point of care testing, they want easy and > timely access to phlebotomy. > > regards > > Martin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Clinical biochemistry discussion list > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Paul Eldridge > Sent: 08 January 2008 15:40 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: ... more diagnostic procedures will be available in GP > surger ies > > > Could not agree more but how can we manage without additional input > or thought ? > When we provided open access, no appointment, GP phlebotomy at > Lewisham Hospital the early morning queues and mid morning waiting > times were horrendous even when we opened at 7.30am. Some GPs > provided their own phlebotomy from their own resources. > Now all GP phlebotomy is provided by the PCT at various units > around the patch but only by appointment. > To save money the PCT reduced the number of phlebotomy units after > a year of operation. No queues in phlebotomy units but 5 - 10 day > waits and presumably a high percentage of non attendances. > Naturally Pathology is considered to be at fault. > Occasionally GPs phone me up when they think tests are needed > urgently and we fit them in at the hospital phlebotomy unit. > Clearly now would be an opportune time to talk to the PCTs again. > Paul Eldridge > Lewisham > > > ********************************************************************** > DISCLAIMER: > > Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and > not necessarily the Trust. This email and any files transmitted with > it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual > or entity to whom they are addressed. Any unauthorised disclosure of > the information contained in this email is strictly prohibited. > > The contents of this email may contain software viruses which could > damage your own computer system. 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