April 12, 2016
AND THE ROBOTS WON'T EVEN NEED TO BE PAID:
Nurses could safely take half of GPs' appointments, says thinktank (Denis Campbell, 12 April 2016, The Guardian)Only one in three people who visit a GP surgery are ill enough to need to see a doctor and many of the remainder could talk to a practice nurse instead, a report claims.
Letting nurses deal with more ailments could free up enough GP time to allow them to offer patients appointments lasting up to 20 minutes, it concludes.
Reform, a right-of-centre thinktank, claims the change would relieve the serious strain on GPs, reduce the number of people going to A&E and save the NHS £700m a year.
Health care reform is fundamentally about reducing consumption.
Posted by Orrin Judd at April 12, 2016 2:10 PM