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Bexley PCT to halve podiatry

Discussion in 'United Kingdom' started by NewsBot, Aug 3, 2006.

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    The Bexley Times are reporting:
    Queen Mary's cuts will 'hit chronically ill hardest'
     
  2. davidh

    davidh Podiatry Arena Veteran

    A spokesman for Queen Mary's said a wide consultation exercise had been carried out and it had been planning to change the way diabetes services were delivered for the past 18 months.

    He said: "We have been working very closely with Bexley Care Trust to make sure there would be a smooth transition of services.

    "Evidence shows that you can cope better with chronic illness if you self manage. It does not help people to come to hospital, so this new way should be more beneficial to patients."


    A truly great example of NHS management double-speak.
    Whilst there may be some evidence for this working for some diabetes patients (ensuring they take responsibility for their own illness)........
    How is self-management going to help those podiatry patients who now have no service to attend?
    Is self-management really going to help Paediatric patients?
    Has this NHS manager really read the "evidence"?

    For those outside of the UK, this pruning of podiatry, and other "non-esential" services has ben going on all over the UK for quite a while now.
    I have to say that while the media report this kind of reduction of services almost on a weekly basis, I don't read much about NHS management jobs being pruned............ :cool:
    Regards,
    davidh
     
  3. All new graduates entering into NHS work should be given a contract of employment with a prominent warning, stating: Danger - The NHS is bad for you and your patients' health! The situation in Bexely is further compounded as their podiatry service has repeatedly made cuts and efficiency savings over the years and now only caters for high risk patients. Even within the Trust, there is recognition that further cuts to the foot health service will not only be detrimental to essential patient care but will prove cosly in the longer term. This document written by the the Podiatry Head of Service and obtained by Diabetes UK shows why.

     
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