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Deficits and Patient Care

The linked blog entry from an NHS GP give a good example of how what is potentially a good idea (caring for some patients at home rather than in hospital) starts becoming a problem in a financially constrained situation.

Basically to save money the local health service is aiming for "care in the community" where potentially this could be argued rather than a balance made upon medical judgements.

Comments

Unknown said…
Sometimes, John, care in the community is indeed better and is not provided; my mother had to go into hospital because only that way could rehab physio be got quickly, but there, she came to grief. In the kind of case John Crippen is talking about, though, admission seems either essential anyway, or essential if doctors in A and E so decide for reasons to do with the severity of the problem and/or the age and frailty of the patient.
John Hemming said…
I don't think we disagree.

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