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Matthew: I am under the impression you are in the UK. I assume the patients on your queue all have you national health insurance. My questions are: can a patient choose where they will receive there PT? Do all facilities have queues? Are there physios in private practice who will treat patients who will privately pay? Thanks Matthew Groom wrote: > Due to the chronic waiting lists persistant at our department, > we are trying out a form of "triage" assessment, where patients are > brought in for a quick session as soon as they are placed on the > waiting list. This hopefully will enable us to achieve two aims: > > 1. Screen out the true acute patients from the chronics (we're a > bit sick of the referal card with "acute" written on it, but > the patient has had the problem for 20 years). > > 2. Give the true chronics some general exercises and advice whilst > the are on the waiting list. > > Has anyone had any success/ failure with this idea? > > We are just starting a pilot, so any suggessions would be > appreciated. > > Matthew Groom > Physio > Hull Hospitals Trust > email: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > from those wonderful people at [log in to unmask] > ------------------------------------------------------------