Can someone explain to me .......

[anonymous-user]

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[Marf]

anonymous said:

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Public/Private, in a nutshell.

I should imagine if you were paying directly to get some x-rays done, you'd get them same day.

[Marf]

Who knows, I guess the level of demand maybe and the (relative)importance of outcome has a bearing on the costs.

[BigAlinEmbra]

anonymous said:

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Probably cost them about 2 quid to do it though.

Willing to bet if you rolled into A&E with some gents that have blue lights on their van you'd not be waiting 2 weeks for results.

[MacGee]

prob have mini lab in situ.

[BigAlinEmbra]

anonymous said:

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They have. Known as "near patient testing". Predominantly blood gases, but dependent on setting they do other tests too.
Tends to be in areas where a quick turnaround is actually needed. A&E, ITU, PICU/SCBU, theatres etc.

[drjazz]

So why haven't we got these in the NHS? Probably the unions don't want a load of Phlebotomists being made redundant.
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Every phlebotomist I have ever met in hosptial or general practice does a damn difficult job, for little more than the minimum wage. You seriously think a machine can find a vein, stick a needle in someone, and extract a blood sample? Like so many in the frontline n.h.s. they are taken for granted...

[Nubbin]

Vets don't generally have a very large hospital and out-patient dept. attached to their surgeries, demanding hundreds of urgent x-rays, scans etc. every day, and also hundreds of GPs sending patients for the same tests. Demand for veterinary tests is very effectively limited by paying obscene sums for each consultation. If every human patient was asked to pay £30 for his x-ray, I'm sure you would have no difficulty in getting a same-day appointment.

[Pickled Piper]

Last two times I have been in my local A&E, we've had instant Xrays on a computer screen. Available to view on the screen for follow up appointments. Not aware if there were any hard copies.

pp