Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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#1
For anyone unaware there is wide consultation on changes to A and E in Canterbury. Thanet. Margate
Whatever the outcome will affect Buckland hospital
There will be a meeting on 15th Nov at the Ramada Hotel in Whitfield
Not the easiest place to get to or the time most will be working
That's probably part of the plan
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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#2
Meeting starts 0915
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#3
Hopefully they will go with option 2 which suits us in Dover down to the ground.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#6
I rather like the idea of Skype consultations if it cuts out 3 or 4 hour round trips for a 5 minute appointment.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6565073/Four-hour-E-waiting-time-target-scrapped.htmlJan Higgins and Paul M like this
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#7
Unless a doctor needs to actually touch you I think Skype must surely be more convenient for patient and doctor.
I have often thought I need a doctor's advice and have turned to the internet for information, so many would waste a doctor's time by making an appointment, Skype would be ideal in that situation.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#8
All systems go and the sooner it happens the better for patients and doctors.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46994187howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#9
Courtesy of the Times.
The NHS must stop sending letters to patients and use email like everyone else, the health secretary will insist. Matt Hancock says that email must be the default way of communicating for the health service by 2021, telling doctors that confidentiality concerns are no excuse for sticking with so-called snail mail. Half a million letters were lost in the post in five years and switching over could save lives, he says.
Doctors welcomed the plans but expressed scepticism about shifting wholesale to email within two years. Patient leaders said that vulnerable people who do not use computers must not be left behind.
Tens of millions of pounds are spent by hospitals and GPs on envelopes, paper and stamps and one NHS boss estimated last year that the cost could reach £100 million a year. In a speech to be given to an NHS England conference in London today, Mr Hancock will say: “Having to deal with outdated technology is hugely frustrating for staff and patients alike — and in many cases downright dangerous. A letter lost in the post could be the difference between life and death.”
Mr Hancock, who banned hospitals from buying fax machines, says that more than 40 years after the first email was sent, it is time for the NHS to accept that the system is here to stay. Some doctors are thought to fear that email is not secure enough for confidential clinical information. Mr Hancock says that good email systems protect data and staff should not be afraid to use them more. “Today’s guidance confirms there is no reason why a doctor cannot email a patient confidentially, for example with their test results or prescription, rather than make them wait days for a letter or ask them to come in to the surgery,” he says. “The rest of the world runs on email — and the NHS should too.”
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#10
ok emails are a cheaper than postal services, but how can a person/s without any kind of internet recieve emails.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#11
There will be an opt out option for those not online Brian.