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Stitched myself to a sitstill.
Finished reading another book.
Nothing I want to watch on TV.
Anyone awake who wants to chat?
Finished reading another book.
Nothing I want to watch on TV.
Anyone awake who wants to chat?
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// Went with the 'in-laws' who were telling us about their GP ringing them and giving them a dementia test over the phone. They had to recite the months of the year backwards!//
At £55 a go I think there will be a lot more of this. The tests will become so complicated that almost everyone will fail and an extra £55 drops into the GP's pocket.
At £55 a go I think there will be a lot more of this. The tests will become so complicated that almost everyone will fail and an extra £55 drops into the GP's pocket.
Not quite that simple, blackadder.
At the risk of 'being a bit boring', the actual situation is :
The GPs will get a payment for every **confirmed** diagnosis of dementia - which will still need to be done by referral to the consultants. So they don't get the cash quite that easily.
It is definitely in their interest to do some initial screening though & refer appropriate people for a proper diagnostic test.
Which is a good thing - the earlier the diagnosis, the better the drugs work.
You could argue that they should already have been doing the screening (and my surgery certainly has - even had me in to do my talk) ... but ... we live in a money-driven world (for some people) and the incentives might just work.
At the risk of 'being a bit boring', the actual situation is :
The GPs will get a payment for every **confirmed** diagnosis of dementia - which will still need to be done by referral to the consultants. So they don't get the cash quite that easily.
It is definitely in their interest to do some initial screening though & refer appropriate people for a proper diagnostic test.
Which is a good thing - the earlier the diagnosis, the better the drugs work.
You could argue that they should already have been doing the screening (and my surgery certainly has - even had me in to do my talk) ... but ... we live in a money-driven world (for some people) and the incentives might just work.
