Please read Gee-Pee Mum and The Jobbing Doctor first.
If The Witch Doctor was to make a list of the initiatives that has made monkeys of doctors over recent years, the first two would undoubtedly be:
1. MTAS/MMC
2. The Arrogant Geezers who vet referrals between GP and consultant
Neither of these phenomena should ever have been allowed to happen.
Not ever.
SPINELESS CONSULTANTS NOT BOTHERING MUCH WHILE WAITING FOR THEIR PATIENT ALLOCATION
Not much has been said in this blog about (2) but in The Witch Doctor’s opinion, this is the prime example of doctors selling their patients and their profession down the river. At risk of turning this into a Minor Swear Blog, all that needs to be said about the medical profession regarding this is:
“Hell mend the medical profession for allowing this to happen.”
The solution is simple.
If you are a consultant you get to know your GP colleagues.
If you are a consultant you insist that you open all your own mail.
If you are a consultant, you insist that if a GP wants you personally to see a patient, they write the referral to you personally and mark the envelope “Strictly Confidential” or “Strictly Personal.”
If the system tries to sabotage things at this stage then organise the appointment yourself.
If any manager / administrator / clinical director / medical director waves a stick in your direction, then wield a bigger stick.
DO NOT TRY TO BE “REASONABLE” OVER A MATTER AS IMPORTANT AS THIS.
What would you want to happen if you were the patient?
Where do you suppose the creep will end?
This works.
You will be taken seriously.
If you can be bothered.
a red apple ……………………
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