In message <[log in to unmask]>, Iain L M
Hotchkies <[log in to unmask]> writes
>In message <[log in to unmask]> tobylipm wrote:
>
>> We would have to wear old-fashioned suits with waistcoats, carry an
>> umbrella and Gladstone bag, and drive Ford Consuls. We could get rid of
>> pagers, mobile phones and dictaphones (we would have one standard
>> referral letter, scribbled on a piece of paper torn from a notepad:
>> "Dear Doctor, re Mrs Bloggs, please see and treat"). One of the best
>> things would be that we could make huge savings on our drugs budgets and
>> it would be almost impossible to sue us for negligence because the
>> knowledge and skill expected of the average GP would be so low that we
>> could get away with minimal standards of clinical care.
>>
>> Is this a nightmare or what?
>
>Hmmmm, I think I could live with that for a few years.
>Until I retire, anyway.
After you retire,you'll become a patient
Could you live with that then?
Mary
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