Comments on: GP dementia charging: the profit motive has no place in healthcare

By: foo

foo — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:02:00 +0000

In reply to foo. and again, "apply financial incentives", not economic. "Financial" implies money in one way or another, "economic" something that satisfies the individual GP's utility.

By: foo

foo — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:00:00 +0000

In reply to foo. Argh. I really wish for an edit function. First bit should read "There is nothing inherently wrong with using incentives."

By: foo

foo — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:58:00 +0000

There is nothing wrong to use incentives. If GPs respond to financial incentives, then apply economic incentives. You could wish for other incentives (like respect and admiration from the local community) or just professional ethics and personal morals to ensure that a diagnosis are made correctly and efficiently, but if those components are not enough, then they are not enough. Simple as that. I would question the suitability of this specific incentive though – this incentive will likely produce many false positives.

By: Jill Hopkins

Jill Hopkins — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 19:04:00 +0000

Surely money cannot be allowed to be the only incentive, it is bound to distort doctor patient relationships. See Richard Titmus’s The gift Relationship refers to blood donation in UK compared to USA purchase system and reduced quality of blood products etc …I can think of better ways to spend health service cash, mainly preventative stuff. Jill Hopkins

By: treborc1

treborc1 — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:28:00 +0000

In reply to Sue.

I asked my GP for a copy of the page of my medical record which has my conditions listed and a page with my medicines and I also had a page with my out look, three pages cost to photo copy lets be nice and say £20 each.

I paid £350 to have them photo copied and placed into an envelope it must have taken twenty minutes .

And by all accounts most GP’s in my area are making a killing because of WCA and now PIP’s money makes the world go around.

By: Leon Wolfeson

Leon Wolfeson — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 19:02:00 +0000

In reply to sue. Again, the problem being your bribes will come out of the system which follows, so...

By: sue

sue — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:36:00 +0000

In reply to Leon Wolfeson.

I really don’t have a problem with GP’s being paid for every
dementia case they diagnose…. the huge problem (The Elephant in the Room) is
where do they then refer these cases onto…. We have a totally inadequate
system or actually almost NO system in place for these many many cases …. or
as I prefer to call them.. People.. !! Yet another case of lets bash the GP’s
… keep the masses occupied squabbling amongst themselves and they’ll not
notice what’s really going on…. The GP’s are on OUR side…. remember who the
real enemy is here !!!

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:34:00 +0000

In reply to Leon Wolfeson.

http://www.playlistforlife.org.uk/ take a look and learn….

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:30:00 +0000

In reply to Andrew Wedgwood.

I really don’t have a problem with GP’s being paid for every dementia case they diagnose…. the huge problem (The Elephant in the Room) is were do they then refer these cases onto…. We have a totally inadequate system or actually almost NO system in place for these many many cases …. or as I prefer to call them.. People.. !! Yet another case of lets bash the GP’s … keep the masses occupied squabbling amongst themselves and they’ll not notice what’s really going on…. The GP’s are on OUR side…. remember who the real enemy is here !!!

By: Concerned

Concerned — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 07:42:00 +0000

Why should GP’s be paid extra for just doing their job?