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<blockquote data-quote="Sid Bonkers" data-source="post: 256233" data-attributes="member: 19121"><p>Some very good and non knee jerk comments from Dillinger. I think we will only know whether the changes are going to work after the event, it may be too late by then but realistically I do believe that GP's have the best interests of their patients at heart, they may not always get it right of course (Nigel) but thats another problem that is on going.</p><p></p><p>GP led services are already being trialled in my area, in fact my wife is involved in a secretarial capacity with a Rapid Access Unit which sees patients with signs of cardiac problems within 14 days and gives them a complete cardiac MOT and service and deals with any problems quickly depending on the seriousness of the problem. This saves critical heart patients having to wait the up to 18 weeks to see a consultant and then be referred for angiograms (sp) etc. And the service is totally funded by the GP's within the Trusts area. </p><p></p><p>The alternative is a private angiogram which costs currently upwards of £2500 and thats just for the angiogram if you require stents or some other treatment then the price obviously increases accordingly.</p><p></p><p>I imagine that this is the way the Con /libs see the future, will it work, I dont know, but I am more worried now than I have been for some time about the NHS's future if only because its skint! If it were a private company it would be bankrupt now already.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sid Bonkers, post: 256233, member: 19121"] Some very good and non knee jerk comments from Dillinger. I think we will only know whether the changes are going to work after the event, it may be too late by then but realistically I do believe that GP's have the best interests of their patients at heart, they may not always get it right of course (Nigel) but thats another problem that is on going. GP led services are already being trialled in my area, in fact my wife is involved in a secretarial capacity with a Rapid Access Unit which sees patients with signs of cardiac problems within 14 days and gives them a complete cardiac MOT and service and deals with any problems quickly depending on the seriousness of the problem. This saves critical heart patients having to wait the up to 18 weeks to see a consultant and then be referred for angiograms (sp) etc. And the service is totally funded by the GP's within the Trusts area. The alternative is a private angiogram which costs currently upwards of £2500 and thats just for the angiogram if you require stents or some other treatment then the price obviously increases accordingly. I imagine that this is the way the Con /libs see the future, will it work, I dont know, but I am more worried now than I have been for some time about the NHS's future if only because its skint! If it were a private company it would be bankrupt now already. [/QUOTE]
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