tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610428148049675668.post7476218001557637472..comments2023-12-29T01:08:02.965+00:00Comments on The ferret fancier: Power without responsibilityGarth Marenghihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373175498875348430noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610428148049675668.post-71289695954944341902009-12-07T23:02:47.501+00:002009-12-07T23:02:47.501+00:00I reported all plain films (except neonates) for 1...I reported all plain films (except neonates) for 10 years (since 1997) in the UK.<br />You are talking complete bollox. <br />I suggest you read the evidence. The danger for patients is nurses reporting without going on a masters level radiology course and junior docs who learn their radiology in med school from surgeons and physicians.<br />As for surgeons requesting xrays...do you mean the allSteve LITTLEFAIRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610428148049675668.post-60723516182983534542009-06-19T22:12:02.266+01:002009-06-19T22:12:02.266+01:00Not better than a proper radiologist though, and t...Not better than a proper radiologist though, and that's the point.Garth Marenghihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07373175498875348430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610428148049675668.post-24721323383168826912009-06-19T18:37:51.883+01:002009-06-19T18:37:51.883+01:00Yes, Ferret - like Sally Hurst I admit I would be ...Yes, Ferret - like Sally Hurst I admit I would be disappointed if inadequate medical care led to an osteosarcoma being missed, but sadly it does happen.<br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2110938/Mother-loses-leg-after-doctors-miss-cancer.html<br /><br />Have you heard of the phrase horses for courses?<br />This multi-centered trial found;<br />Nurse practitioners in A&E are able to the a&e charge nursenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610428148049675668.post-71608342270381966022009-06-19T16:08:41.898+01:002009-06-19T16:08:41.898+01:00Too much work and too few trained staff.
Good old...Too much work and too few trained staff.<br /><br />Good old NHS, let's just hand it to the less trained.<br /><br />If you had your osteosarcoma missed by a radiogrpaher I doubt you'd be quite so charitable.<br /><br />Whether it be the nurse in the WIC independently diagnosing, the pharmacist examining a chest, etc, it's all the same dumbing down I'm afraid.Garth Marenghihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07373175498875348430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610428148049675668.post-25540847784614310982009-06-19T15:54:47.818+01:002009-06-19T15:54:47.818+01:00"radiographers see a hell of a lot of XRAYs a..."radiographers see a hell of a lot of XRAYs and are very good at spotting fractures, better than a lot of doctors in fact..."<br /><br />[but]<br /><br />"...they are not medically trained"<br /><br />Mrs Dr Aust, the battle-scarred hospital medic, says that "in her day" it was standard for the radiographers to send back the radiographs that juniors ordered with withDr Austhttp://draust.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610428148049675668.post-64700597813820680492009-06-19T11:11:45.989+01:002009-06-19T11:11:45.989+01:00In the UK it is estimated that, on average, consul...In the UK it is estimated that, on average, consultant radiologists report between 18 000 and 20 000 examinations a year, which is considered excessive, while in Australia the estimate is 13 000 to 14 000 examinations a year (similar to the number in the United States).<br />http://mja.com.au/public/issues/186_12_180607/smi11181_fm.html<br /><br />Same old NHS logisitcs I'm afraid, Ferret - the a&e charge nursenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610428148049675668.post-3097495422594930712009-06-19T09:35:34.897+01:002009-06-19T09:35:34.897+01:00"after all if something goes wrong and no one..."after all if something goes wrong and no one is at all accountable, then the same errors will continue to made time and time again. What relevance has this for the NHS, quite a lot I would argue."<br /><br />Absolutely agree. <br /><br />In the case of MMC, senior people such as Liam Donaldson and Carol Black still need to take responsibility. Both can not be allowed to make the same David L. Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12361695173499120557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610428148049675668.post-41018537305306770132009-06-18T19:41:09.521+01:002009-06-18T19:41:09.521+01:00X-ray is not an acronym.X-ray is not an acronym.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com