Thank goodness for that. The voice of reason at last
Thats what we need. More targets. They help.
Like the trusts don't know that they DON'T have sufficient volume.
Funny thing about managers. They seem to develop a divinity complex.
"4and lo the secretary of health spake saying "let none wait more than 18 weeks for that is an abomination in my sight 5 and lo it was so6 and light shone upon the faces of the workers and they were sore amazed. 7 and spake amoungst themselves saying "great is the wisdom of the secretary of health for he has shortened waits". And there was much rejoicing.
8But darkness was upon the faces of those who dealt in feet9 and great was their ire10 and one among them spake saying "it is a crock of S**t and it stinketh."11 but the secretary turned his face away and heard him not 12 and Cheif execs taunted the workers in feet saying 13 "thou shalt prioritise and work smarter not harder so that the secretary may shine his light upon us 14 which, issueing forth from his a*se is great in our sight" 15 and lo there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Our director has told us that our waits must be less than 6 weeks:pigs:. :hammer::bang::butcher:
You can say 18, you can say 6, you can call yourself sparky the rocket dog but it don't make you backside a jet engine. They'd know that if they had the brains God gave a C diff bacillus.
While you all laugh and joke about the NHS, no one is picking up on the encroachment of Age Concern into Podiatry.
We all know 18 weeks is a joke. If you have an IGTN 2 days is excessive, if you have a broken down HD over a prominent 2nd PIPJ 2 days is excessive. If you are a newly diagnosed obese diabetic, so what it is your fault. Anyway your practice nurse can do the diabetic foot check cannot they?
But Mr McCafferty has got it wrong. Age Concern are NOT proposing foot care services free at the point of use and who defines need.
Age Concern are proposing a business, in which in exchange for Government money and in collusion with the NHS
they will provide a unregulated unsupervised
non professional 'low cost' alternative to HPC regulated private provision.
From a point of pedantry somebody with a broken down HD or a diabetic with an infected OC does'nt have to wait 18 weeks. More like 18 hours. There is provision for rapid access for these patients (at least there is in my patch).
The whole Encroachment of age concern thing is a valid concern but lets not turn it into something it is not. They are not proposing to take ulcerating diabetics, or even patients with corns away from us. Our local AC service even refers OX nails and anything slightly O/C'y back to us. They are not allowed to treat any DM or HR patients.
The article is calling for more podiatry provision in the NHS not devolution of services to AC nurses. Thats a whole other thing.
I am confident that i have asuaged your concern and that we can now let this issue drop.:pigs::rolleyes:
Do you know if there is any basic screening done to detect these conditions ??
I know we are in a similar debate in another place but I thought it a valid point to bring up here.
I screen for diabetes routinely and around 4 /5 a month go for followup bloods and referral to specialist pods in the diabetic clinics if required.
If, as I believe we all should be are practicing "preventative podiatry" and early detection should these "volunteers be the ones that are in the front line ??
Bob
Agreed BUT ,the main reason this has happened is because Pods working in the NHS DON'T WANT TO DO THIS TYPE OF PATIENT :(
It is they that continually carp on about how these Pt's waste their time etc etc etc . You only have to look at this and other forums to see it time and time again.
Now if as a pod at the sharp end are going to tell managers at the blunt end how to save money you can hardly complain when it happens :bang:
Average pensioner gets around £250 per week ( inc allowances)
£30 :- 8
= £3.75 per week @ 8 weekly intervals.
£30 :- 12 = £2.50 per week @ 12 weekly intervals
And that is for a professional who is governed by the HPC ( with all the increased costs that incures) to manage these peoples feet and to keep them as safe as possible so their feet last them as long as they need them:bang:
Sorry cant have that from age concern ask the hairdresser, aromatherapist ,reflexologist , massage thingy ( whichever flavour) , nail studio , etc and we will follow.
Ask the government to give a tax break or allowance for treating them ?
BUT
NO
age concerns answer is to put ??????????? qualified people in to "dooo feet"
Righto
You made the bed now lie on it !! and I will pick up ( as I do now) all those that are in pain , mistreated , abused and frankly being given a tenth rate service by some your organisations foot carers ( and have the paperwork to prove it)