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    Default Re: Whistle Blower gets......blown away.

    Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
    Explains the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria, let's hope they'll kill us all one day, sounds just fitting for such a world.
    GPs in the UK are going to be rated by their patients.

    Sounds good, doesn't it?

    But perhaps patients will rate their GP based on how happy they are in terms of getting what they want:

    Inappropriate sick notes
    Inappropriate drugs (narcotics / antibiotics)
    Inappropriate referrals
    Inappropriate investigations

    So a GP who is "excellent" might have switched off their brain and be ensuring that every cough gets antibiotics, every smoker gets all the cessation medication they get irregardless of relapse, and everyone is referred, saturating hospitals with the "worried well" and every alcoholic or drug addict can top up the stuff they buy with an alternative on prescription.

    Also, it takes far less time to agree to what a patient feel they need rather than explain why they might be mistaken and what other alternatives are available.

    Last edited by rory_20_uk; 04-17-2009 at 12:48.
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