How do GP's dump patients to A&E?

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Sun 11 May 2014, 14:19, 1 reply)

By selfishly referring to hospital those which they think will need hospital treatment. Often based upon a very short period in which they have to...
…assess their punter without access to an awful lot of diagnostic equipment and make a decision on referral.

Now, A&E shitcunts who drop and run and panic bleep the intensive care registrar at the first drop of the hat rather than do their jobs on the other hand….
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Sun 11 May 2014, 14:45, closed)

You mean the GP refers them to the relevant department as outpatients. Seems reasonable.

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Sun 11 May 2014, 17:33, closed)

Basically, yes.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Sun 11 May 2014, 17:41, closed)

Of course, my GP's surgery handles lots of A&E type cases as they don't want to burden the hospitals.

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Sun 11 May 2014, 18:55, closed)

^
Your GP surgery must be 1 in a 100 - fair play to them. We only had someone a couple of days ago whom attended our A&E with a tiny paper cut. Elf n safety stated they must attend A&E for treatment. Which involved a plaster.
One thing that REALLY REALLY winds me up though is the proliferation of so called dementia specialist care homes who dump patients into A&E / hospital because said patient is having a slight dip in behavioral issues (common as day and night with dementia) and they cannot (?WTF - see "dementia specialist care home) cope with them.
Patient gets admitted for say a week or two, but still charge top full whack for so called "care" even though the patient is not with them.
***GNASHES TEETH***
( Tesco Quality 60.825659, -0.788337, Wed 14 May 2014, 11:18, closed)

Most common reason I've encountered for "dip in behavioural issues" referrals for the demented...
...is suprisingly enough UTIs.

Puts the poor buggers right off their feed and when they become dehydrated a spell on the ward on a drip plus antibiotics is a real lifesaver.

It's negative outcomes from private elective cosmetic procedures (face, tits & lipo) being dumped on the NHS to clear up gives me the shits.
(Ronnie Spleen MMMMNEURRGH I AM A GAY SPAZ AND I LOVE IT UP MY BU, Wed 14 May 2014, 21:13, closed)

Locum GPs will refer everybody on, because they've got no incentive not to,
newly qualified GPs will refer everybody on "just in case". Once they get the " these are your budgets now and you've run out" message, that'll all stop, and we can all get on with the job of dying young so that the government can save a few bob.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Sun 11 May 2014, 19:58, closed)

Better to live a long and healthy life and cut down on breeding if cost is the issue.
More telomerase research - YAY.
( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Mon 12 May 2014, 11:01, closed)