> John,
> Just seen your thread,
>
> How can you state that NHS physio's are better trained?
OK I have answered this already. I said in my opinion NHS physios are
better trained and that is true. To my knowledge there is no evidence
either way. I was not trying to infer that all private physios are bad
practitioners, what I was trying to say was that as far as training goes I
do not think average NHS staff are any worse than private staff, with the
possible exception of student and junior physios. If I had evidence to back
that statement I would give it but as far as I am aware we are still allowed
to give opinions on this list.
> Do you Know for a fact that NHS Physio's have more equipment?
Once again I said in my opinion.
Are you
> intimating that NHS physio's use Electrotherapy machines on several
patients
> at a time, under guidelines that they must see, rather than treat a set
> amount of patients in a set time.
No I am saying that they may well have more options than private physios.
For example I worked in a private practice where there was no PSWD machine
and no mechanical traction unit. Now if I had clinically reasoned that my
one patient would be best served by the use of these machines I would not be
able to deliver it. I have not seen any NHS PTs treat patients in the way
you imply above. From what Trish said in her second post I also assumed
that the private physio in question was travelling treating in the GP clinic
and when I have done this I have found a lack of equipment to be a problem,
purely through lack of space in GP surgery.
> I am not sure of your clinical experience, but as a clinician of more than
> twenty years, and as a private practitioner with NHS contracts with two
> health authorities, patients on satisfaction questioners much prefer
private
> treatment.
I am aware that the trend is towards greater satisfaction, what I am saying
is that clinically and in treatment outcomes there is IN MY EXPERIENCE very
little difference between the treatments recieved in NHS and private
treatments in the UK.
I do apologies for giving an opinion on this list. Trish Bailey did in fact
ask for opinions in her first post. In future I will stick to documented
facts only or not bother posting at all. I was actually trying to be
positive to NHS staff I do apologies if it was seen as an attack on private
physiotherapists
>
> By the way I am a Private Practitioner!
By the way so am I!!!!
John Willenbruch SRP NZRP NZSP
State registered (UK) and New Zealand society of physiotherapy.
> > Where do the inequalities lie between NHS and private physios?
> >
> > In my experience (and I am generalising here) physios in NHS are better
> > trained have mopre equipment and are more likely to have access to a
> second
> > opinion, either orthopod or PT. However, the private physio tends to
have
> a
> > shorter waiting list. I know patients don't always agree but 9/10 times
> I'd
> > rather see an NHS PT than private. Also private PTs, in my opinion,
have
> a
> > tendency to opvertreat both in terms of regularity and duration of
> > treatment.
> >
> > So basically what I am saying is any inequality usually lies with length
> of
> > waiting list. So anything you can do to bring those in line will help
> > (classes, staffing, training for staff). Easier said than done
> obviously!!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > John
> >
> > > John,
> > > Thanks for your reply. Independent physiotherapy providers is just the
> > term
> > > that the private physios who have some of the GP caseload like to
> describe
> > > themselves.
> > > Trish
> > >
> >
>
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