Medical Staffing and After Care in Australia (Part Two)
The original blog was published May 2025. Copies were sent to the NSW and Federal Health Ministers, here and overseas (UK etc).
The reason for this update is that, after my wife and myself, had experienced,different Hospitals in different locations. Always there was the problem of a multitude of Doctors/Surgeons, writing Prescriptions, important to themselves, without the full history of my wife and I. GP were last to know any changes ,. Of course never allowed practical access, to the Patient in Hospital or Respite care etc.
In practice if the GP cannot access the Patient, an outside GP (With Accesss) would be called in, ie TWO Doctors, thus upping the costs.
When we arrived home and saw our GP, the Computor had not been updated and of course the good Doctor was lost for a short while.
The net result was eight tablets to be taken per day----Oh one extra from the GP which the writer considers ridiculas--- we had to decide whi,ch ones were important ------ not the end of that story as the patient cannot get to see the GP
Whilst I was thinking about this blog , I think on News Radio, up came the news that a Cambridge University. Group are well on their way to completing a research survey, on the very subject of OVER prescribinng patients as per my findings. Their aim is to reduce cost to he National Health authority i the UK
As my Pharmasist aptly stated, in your situation, it is the patient who must be looked after. (or words to that effect) Whew !!!!!.
This leads me to appologise for missing out Pharmasists in the original blog .May I make it quite clear, these people play Strictly Balroom and dispence as per Prescription. Unless of course there is a problem when they will refer to he GP for clarification. I rate them highly, like surgeons etc
MOBILE DOCTOR SERVICES
I have been thinking of this subject for a while.
We have Hospitals; Retirement homes, The Patients Home, most of which do not always have direct access to their own GP..
For certain the ambulance can deal with emergencies and Emergency Departments can do their thing, - usually brilliantly
I strongly believe there is a niche market for a Mobile Doctor Service
To make what I call House Calls--- Urban and Rural, like Doctors in the old days and Vets still do.
There would be a Doctor and a qualified nurse , operating an Ambulance type vehicle. They could be based with the standard Ambulance Service and call on Patients anywhere required, like a home of a bed ridden Patient per my case in a forest some 35 kilometres from the nearest GP town.
With this service we can solve the problem of GPs refusal got out of their comfort zone and pay attention to their Duty of Care. like they used to do
That's it for now
Malcolm E Mason
X@MalcolmEMason
masonedgar@gmail.com
KEEP WELL. and remember the Patient must have priority of CARE.
For Gp's and all in the Care bisness-- AI is coming so look lively and look at the Patient!!! for diagnosis and not always the computor screen..
