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<blockquote data-quote="Pipp" data-source="post: 2023330" data-attributes="member: 100904"><p>The first one I attended, I used to gauge the atmosphere, and to assess what my role would be. It turned out that I was going to have to be a voice of reason, as the other participants were all retired, elderly, men who wanted to implement a policy of dismissing patients from the practice if they had failed to attend two appointments without cancelling first. It took quite some time to persuade them that there could be numerous reasons for the missed appointments, (such as mental health issues, or dementia / memory issues, for example). They also thought anyone overweight or smokers should be treated less favourably than the more ‘virtuous’ patients. I decided that they would not be amenable to any discussion on T2 diabetes management, as they believed in the blame culture. That was when I decided that it would be better to work on discussing diabetes management with nursing and health care assistants in the first instance. Also suggesting to them that the PPG, might need some tweaking with invitation to a more diverse patient sample to be fully effective and representative of the registered patients. It took time.</p><p>What I am meaning to say, [USER=499223]@Listlad[/USER] , is that it could be a good idea to get to know the rest of the PPG, before deciding to introduce new ideas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pipp, post: 2023330, member: 100904"] The first one I attended, I used to gauge the atmosphere, and to assess what my role would be. It turned out that I was going to have to be a voice of reason, as the other participants were all retired, elderly, men who wanted to implement a policy of dismissing patients from the practice if they had failed to attend two appointments without cancelling first. It took quite some time to persuade them that there could be numerous reasons for the missed appointments, (such as mental health issues, or dementia / memory issues, for example). They also thought anyone overweight or smokers should be treated less favourably than the more ‘virtuous’ patients. I decided that they would not be amenable to any discussion on T2 diabetes management, as they believed in the blame culture. That was when I decided that it would be better to work on discussing diabetes management with nursing and health care assistants in the first instance. Also suggesting to them that the PPG, might need some tweaking with invitation to a more diverse patient sample to be fully effective and representative of the registered patients. It took time. What I am meaning to say, [USER=499223]@Listlad[/USER] , is that it could be a good idea to get to know the rest of the PPG, before deciding to introduce new ideas. [/QUOTE]
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