Re: Very disturbing... someone please tell me this is unlawful....

NicHughes <nichughes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Multiple healthcare providers each of whom are partially treating
the same condition is a recipe for disaster and IMO the NHS is quite
rightly refusing to have anything to do with it.

There's no such thing as "The NHS", it's a bunch of different Trusts with
very different funding arrangements and working practices.

"Bob" falls ill. He sees his GP (primary care trust, private business) by
ambulance (Ambulance trust) to A&E (Hospitals Trust) where he's seen by a
triage nurse, a doctor, an A&E consultant. He's given emergency treatment,
then sent by ambulance to a specialist hospital. (Different hospital
trust.) He spends a week in hospital, and is discharged with a letter to
see his GP surgery's nurse to have dressing changed. After a few days that
nurse suspects the wound is infected (with, for example, psuedonomas) and
sends him back to A&E, who treat the infection and tell him to come to A&E
clinics to have the wound dressed.

That's four different health care trusts, and about 14 different health
care staff. Many of those staff will have different methods of treatment,
and will be giving (gently) conflicting advice.

Now imagine that "Bob's" illness is a self-inflicted chemical burn - you
can add in a mental health trust and several more staff.

That's not an outlandish scenario.
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