Posted on 08/12/2020 2:52:58 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Patients will need to be seen by non-doctors including “social care navigators”, “physician associates” and “nurse practitioners” to clear the lockdown backlog, a medical leader warns.
Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard predicted the waiting lists of the past five months will continue to rise unless the NHS radically alters how it delivers care.
The chairman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges said patients will need to get used to having appointments with physician associates, who do just two years’ medical training, and care navigators, who are often receptionists.
Nurses will also have to take on doctors’ roles.
There are nearly four million people awaiting operations or treatment. […]
Professor Stokes-Lampard said a patient with a sprained knee who would have traditionally been seen by a GP could now be seen by experts such as paramedics, musculoskeletal practitioners and “social prescribers” — non-medically-trained staff who put patients in touch with charities, exercise clubs or other activities. …
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“social care navigators”, to guide you through the BS.
Social care? LOL. Nurse practitioner can work for less serious situations
ain’t socialize medicine grand?
a FIVE MONTH waiting list to see the doctor?
But it’s free, free, free*.
*Except you are paying for it through your taxes so it’s not really *free* after all.
I’ve gone to an NP for years and no complaints.
She has a ton of schooling.
Nurse practitioners should be able to open their own storefronts without an MD overseeing them. Same as registered nurses. Dental hygienists , legal secretaries t help fill out divorce forms, etc.
It’s not far from that here - I can get into my Dr’s NP the next day - but to see the Dr herself for a short visit is 3 months, physicals booked out at least 6 months.
Ours sucked and was rude as hell. Doc depended on her more and more. We found a new doc.
Your sh!t’s f***ed up and you talk like a f&&
WebMD navigators
OMG. Coming soon to the United States if Biden/Harris get elected...
My first wife was tarded. She’s a pilot now.
FYI ping
Already here.
the problem is they don’t always recognize the more serious situations
And right now, those who have been put off of their cancer therapies, are still waiting in Britain. Many will die because the NHS prioritized COVID patients to the detriment of those who needed continuous care.
And yes, coming to our country if Biden and Hidey-Ho win in November.
On the NHS....they have a criteria to follow. It tells them symptoms, what it costs “the state”, and when to refer. I could even do it without a medical degree.
I uncovered this years ago when my FIL in the UK was dying of bladder cancer. I diagnosed him from studying his symptoms.
THEY...DON’T...CARE. He was “too old to treat”...and was sent home to die.
They’ve locked all of these sites down, now. I was able to see what the physician were looking at.
“social care navigators” “social prescribers”!
the Professor:
University of Birmingham: Professor Helen Jayne Stokes-Lampard MBBS (Lon), PhD, DSc, FRCGP, DFSRH, DRCOG, LOC(IUS)
Birmingham Medical School, Professor of GP Education
Helen Stokes-Lampard is Professor of GP Education, a GP Principal and Chair of the National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP)...
The Chair shapes policy and leads the strategy of the College, working with politicians, policy makers and the media to ensure that the ‘voice’ of general practice and GPs is understood and represented.
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/clinical-sciences/stokeslampard-helen.aspx
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