This site is intended for health professionals only
Monday 21 May 2012
Facebook Twiter Linkedin

Sticking up two fingers at the bottom inspectors

08 Jan 2010

Copperfield loses his blog - and then his rag with the bean-counters at his PCT

Forgotten password?
The page you are looking for is only available to logged in members of PulseToday.
Not a member yet?
Register now for free
If you are not a registered user, then please sign up here. Registering is totally free and takes just seconds. It gives you access to up-to-the minute news alerts and analysis, all our top bloggers (including Copperfield and Peverley) and our education content, including clinical articles, videos and downloads.
If you experience any difficulties logging in or registering, or have any other questions, please contact PulseToday at feedback@pulsetoday.co.uk or 020 7921 8091.

READERS' COMMENTS

Anonymous,
08 Jan 2010
'One morning, as Dr K was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous patient'. I wonder what it would really be like to become the 'other' guy and be forced to eat hospital slop with a proboscis-like feeding straw! Kev
Average (0Votes)
Top
Anonymous,
11 Jan 2010
Actually, you had a post nearly finished - your blog is where you publish it.

Not remembering where you saved it is, I'm afraid, just plain dumb, but what's stopping you running a search to track it down? Surely you can remember what you called it, or even just a word in the title?

I use an app called Search Everything, which does what it says on the can, and in seconds. Way better that the Windows applet, which has always been rubbish. Don't know what you'd do if you have a Mac, though. . . Ronald Graves
Average (0Votes)
Top
Anonymous,
11 Jan 2010
Surely the PCT would need 100s of bean counters to check free text comments whereas the use of a read code would require far fewer, as this process could be automated. Mike Williams
Average (0Votes)
Top
Anonymous,
11 Jan 2010
Wouldn't it be handy if rather than having to type out a free text entry for each medication review, we could type in some sort of abbreviation or code that would automatically insert the text we wanted that would describe what we had just done... Peter Brooke
Average (0Votes)
Top

ADD YOUR COMMENTS

Please note You must be a registered user of PulseToday and logged in to add comments. Opinions expressed below are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect those of PulseToday. Comments are considered in the public domain and may be used in future Pulse coverage. We accept no responsibility, legal or otherwise, for the accuracy or the content of member comments.

Comment*

You must be logged in to add a comment.Clickhere to login.

POLL

Are GPs ordering too many lab tests?Read the full story here

SIGN UP FOR EMAIL NEWSLETTERS

Keep up-to-date with the latest changes to the NHS, CPD and clinical guidelines. Sign up below or find out more.