Accrington Web - View Single Post - If you have not seen your GP for five years....

RainbowSix · 21-07-2016, 15:11

As far as I know Having ghost patients on their lists also makes it harder for people to register as the practice will have a set number of patients that it can have on it's books.

So by being able to remove non responding patients who they have not seen in many years will enable new patients who do need to see a doctor to be taken on, thus being more efficient and saving the NHS (and us) money that could be better spent on other things.

If you rarely see the doctor or want to remain on their books you only have to contact them to say so, that's not too hard is it? If you have moved, left the country, died or are as fit as a fiddle and have no need of a doctor then you lose nothing.

I see this only as an efficiency measure, keeping their records up to date with current patients - nothing wrong with that.

21-07-2016, 15:11	#20
RainbowSix Full Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 450 Liked: 128 times Rep Power: 38768	Re: If you have not seen your GP for five years.... As far as I know Having ghost patients on their lists also makes it harder for people to register as the practice will have a set number of patients that it can have on it's books. So by being able to remove non responding patients who they have not seen in many years will enable new patients who do need to see a doctor to be taken on, thus being more efficient and saving the NHS (and us) money that could be better spent on other things. If you rarely see the doctor or want to remain on their books you only have to contact them to say so, that's not too hard is it? If you have moved, left the country, died or are as fit as a fiddle and have no need of a doctor then you lose nothing. I see this only as an efficiency measure, keeping their records up to date with current patients - nothing wrong with that.