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Screening Programme for Healthy People Could Put Sick Patients in a Tight Spot
While we would like to welcome this, as prevention is undoubtedly better than cure, we have serious concerns about the pressure this will put on an already overstretched general practice. Over a third of the population fall into this age range which for an average practice means two thousand patients. It could work out at 40 extra appointments a week and thats if they only need one appointment. If the process means they need two or three appointments, to ultimately be told they are fit and healthy, then youre looking at doubling or tripling that number. Whether it is nurses, GPs, healthcare assistants or pharmacists who do these checks, there is not currently the workforce, the time in the day, or even the space in our surgeries to carry out this number of consultations. At the moment all our appointments are booked up with patients who are in immediate need of medical care.
General practices already undertake health assessments for new patients covering things such as height, weight, blood pressure and urine testing. Those patients who are at risk regularly have their vascular risk factors checked including their cholesterol.
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