GP surgery - is this ethical?
I have been with my GP surgery for 5 years. I have only been ill once in the first year. Last year they weighed me and sent me on a NHS pre diabetes course. I was only slightly in the pre diabetic range and needed to loose about 5kg in weight.
I found the course very useful and didn’t mind going at all. I have nearly completed every workshop.
A month ago I started feeling very dizzy and wondered if it was anything to do with diabetes. I phoned up to ask for an appointment with the Diabetic Nurse.
When I spoke to her it was obvious that she didn’t know me from a bar of soap, she just had my name and a few results. She didn’t even know know that I had lost 10kg! She then insisted that the dizziness had nothing to do with diabetes at all despite never seeing me for four years!
The practice was working on test results only and hadn’t seen me in person since last year.
When I mentioned the course she said oh and made a note of my weight loss and said well done. So I hadn’t been into the practice or met the nurse before being sent on the course.
A few days later I started to feel really ill and was carted off to hospital for an emergency operation.
I am now recovering from the op and realise that despite not being treated in the practice for years. They had decided to send me on the course. i
Do the practice get paid for me attending the course completing lectures and losing weight?
Rough amounts of money if applicable please.
I have been with my GP surgery for 5 years. I have only been ill once in the first year. Last year they weighed me and sent me on a NHS pre diabetes course. I was only slightly in the pre diabetic range and needed to loose about 5kg in weight.
I found the course very useful and didn’t mind going at all. I have nearly completed every workshop.
A month ago I started feeling very dizzy and wondered if it was anything to do with diabetes. I phoned up to ask for an appointment with the Diabetic Nurse.
When I spoke to her it was obvious that she didn’t know me from a bar of soap, she just had my name and a few results. She didn’t even know know that I had lost 10kg! She then insisted that the dizziness had nothing to do with diabetes at all despite never seeing me for four years!
The practice was working on test results only and hadn’t seen me in person since last year.
When I mentioned the course she said oh and made a note of my weight loss and said well done. So I hadn’t been into the practice or met the nurse before being sent on the course.
A few days later I started to feel really ill and was carted off to hospital for an emergency operation.
I am now recovering from the op and realise that despite not being treated in the practice for years. They had decided to send me on the course. i
Do the practice get paid for me attending the course completing lectures and losing weight?
Rough amounts of money if applicable please.
