In message <[log in to unmask]>, Jon Rogers
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>Leonard Peter <[log in to unmask]> writes
>>My FHSA says they have a right to allocate patients even if the live
>>outside my area. I think this is wrong and unjust.
>
>I agree it is wrong, but re-reading the regulations it does appear it
>MIGHT be legal...
can anyone tell me if this one is legal?
There are a small (but increasing) number of patients unacceptable to
*any* practice in the area. The HA has decided (with,I think, the
agreement of the LMC) to put these patients on a rota of two to four
weeks, to different practices. Note,these patients are *not* allocated -
so no practice can reject them - and immediate necessary treatment fees
are paid for any services - avoiding the problem of where they are on
the first day of the quarter.
Are there any regulations covering this?
Mary
>
>Para 16.(1)
>"... shall assign him to and notify accordingly such a doctor as they
>think fit, having regard to -
>
>a. the distance between the person's residence and the practice premises
>of the doctors in the area;
>
>b. ...."
>
>The question is probably what is the definition of "area". If it is the
>area of the FHSA, then that is v worrying, and not a little daft. If on
>the other-hand it is the area of the practice, then you have clear
>grounds to dispute it.
>
>In the definitions, the only mention of "area" is "practice area",
>whereas "locality means the locality for which a committee (FPC?) is
>established".
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