Regulator finds no evidence of GPs fixing fees
DIFFERENCES in fees charged by doctors' surgeries are not significant, but there is no evidence to suggest that GP practices have collaborated when setting them, the regulator has said.
DIFFERENCES in fees charged by doctors' surgeries are not significant, but there is no evidence to suggest that GP practices have collaborated when setting them, the regulator has said.
WRITING on this page on Saturday, A&E critic Deputy Mike Hadley expressed a desire to draw a line under his corporate roughing up and said that being reprimanded was worth it for having highlighted issues at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital.
A GROUP of five GPs contracted to provide 24-hour custody facilities and forensic medical examiners for Guernsey Police and the Guernsey Border Agency are paid more than £800-a-day just as a retainer, it has emerged.
AN EXTENDED question time in the States yesterday saw the Health minister under some pressure over the safety and costs issues that have been raised regarding accident and emergency cover at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital.
WHEN Guernsey's director of public health released his annual report, the 113th such independent paper from someone who is also the MoH, there was a sharp intake of breath.
HEALTH and Social Services could make a £2m. profit per year if it ran the accident and emergency service in-house under a revised model, one States member believes.
FORMER Deputy Bailiff Chris Day has now been tasked by the Policy Council with carrying out an initial scoping exercise to see whether there are any grounds for believing that HSSD whistle-blower Mike Hadley breached the States members' code of conduct in warning islanders all is not well at Accident and Emergency.
CHANGES to the accident and emergency service are being limited by the contract Health and Social Services holds with GPs, its minister admitted yesterday.
PATIENTS attending Accident and Emergency face a lottery as to what type of care they receive, one States member believes.
DOCTORS working in the Accident and Emergency Department at the PEH now work an 'average weekly commitment' of five hours, Health and Social Services has said.
APPROACHING two years ago, the College of Emergency Medicine took a look at how Guernsey's Accident and Emergency department operates – and it wasn't impressed.
POTENTIAL risks to Accident and Emergency patient safety have finally been exposed after the contents of two independent critical reviews have been circulated.
PARENTS have rejoiced at a decision by Queens Road Medical Practice to scrap the £100 charge for newborn baby examinations carried out by its GPs.
INFORMATION flow from the States is usually akin to a dripping tap.
PRESSURE is building to close the King Edward VII hospital after it was revealed that it costs at least £100,000 a year per patient to run.