In article <[log in to unmask]>, Goat
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>Generally I don't think near-patient testing should be encouraged: it's
>not as if we've got nothing else to do! Rapid blood gases +/- potassium
>possible exception. Everything else should go to the lab and get done
>properly by people who are good at it. If lab results take too long to
>get back, improve their service, don't take more "technical" tasks on
>ourselves because we're more efficient at them (unless they want to
>employ loads more of us to cover all the work).
Hey - you can become an honorary GP - for years we have taken on
secondary sector work just because we can do it quicker/more
efficiently/??better???? - with no funding of course ;-)
>
Cheers :)
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Jel Coward
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on 4-10th November 2001 at Glenmore Lodge in Scotland
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