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Another bout of gratuitous GP-kicking

07 Jun 2010

Copperfield invites the Patients' Council to come and have a go if they think they're hard enough.

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Anonymous,
07 Jun 2010
The tight socks could be a sign of congestive heart failure/DVT. sudesh mittal
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Anonymous,
08 Jun 2010
The socks probably weren't meant to go over the head - but they couldn't get in to see the GP to be told this. Casualty did not know which speciality to refer to. Bryan Moore
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Anonymous,
08 Jun 2010
Tight socks are more often a sign of a fat patient peter windross
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Anonymous,
09 Jun 2010
No witty comment on the story, there are so many whizzing about in my head I don't know which to choose. Just to say I love you Dr Copperfield, you keep me sane, keep up the good work diana smallwood
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Anonymous,
10 Jun 2010
NHS cuts: TARGET <br>
Do we need a Patients' Council? They have their MP and his or her surgeries and I am sure they would like to provide hours consistent with GP availability
amjed munir
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Anonymous,
10 Jun 2010
When I was a Casualty SHO, just after house jobs, many moons ago, there was a policy that we were an "Accident and Emergency" department and that we did "what it said on the tin" and no more. Thus, the people who pitched up with runny noses, pimples on their backsides and, no doubt, tight socks, were taken outside, shown the sign and asked to say into which category they thought they fitted, before being turfed out and sent to make an appointment with their GP.
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Why is it that no A&E department has the bottle to do this these days? Andrew Hamilton
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Anonymous,
11 Jun 2010
Jaysis now Tony youse must have some posh punters down Basildon way... I'd count my blessings you have a protective cordon between you and the mingin feet ! Alistair Convery
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