In article <"1005070652-Charging in-appropriate attenders"@MHS>,
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>Rowley - If the triage nurse is suitably empowered to re-direct these people,
>makes every effort to help them (make GP appointments etc etc) and knows that
>he/she has the full support of their Consultant I've found that very few will
>actually demand to stay. There are holes in the Primary Care service but that
>doesn't mean that we should create more work for ouselves and provide what is
>after all a second class Primary Care service.
The re-direction thing is interesting - are patients both spatially and
temporally re-directed as the triage nurse feels appropriate?
Cheers
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Dr Jel Coward
'There's no such thing as bad weather - just bad clothing"
Anon Norwegian
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