tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462652546051300479.post3929149869913915730..comments2024-02-13T00:08:04.640+00:00Comments on NHS Vault: The slippery sloperichard.bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10589364986804437392noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462652546051300479.post-22438175228521331002012-06-17T12:40:05.275+01:002012-06-17T12:40:05.275+01:00This is a typical nhs situation. Most of the healt...This is a typical nhs situation. Most of the health Boards and Trusts in this country seem to work in a bubble. I work for the Ambulance service, which always seems to get left out in the cold when it comes to ideas such as the phlebotomy issue, mainly, I think, because they don't really know what we do. Ambulance services across the UK are based in the community with a highly mobile workforce so what is wrong for Health Boards, forinstance, training some suitably qualified staff to go to peoples homes to take blood and get it delivered to the Labs. there would be no need to charge the patients a penny as the efficiencies would come out of the savings the hospital clinics would make because their throughput of patients (who would have to attend the clinic for more specialised tests) would be higher and most probably some savings for ambulance services as well because they would not need to transport people to hospital for blood tests. is this too simple an idea or would it tread on too many toes? this is only one example of where I think ambulance services could be more involved in NHS services in the community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462652546051300479.post-846746037173549172012-05-18T09:17:59.181+01:002012-05-18T09:17:59.181+01:00Yes, this is a sign of things to come. Domiciliary...Yes, this is a sign of things to come. Domiciliary services have been cut and cut again over the last ten years. Podiatry, Phyiso, etc etc. despite the needs of the housebound and elderly. So now they think they can reinstate such services but charge people for the priviledge. <br />Many people are charged for Social Services, we pay for dental care, we(some of us) pay for prescriptions. <br />Its confusing!<br />We need a public debate on these issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com