Just getting straw pole regarding charging for referrals There seems to be an increase in contacts for onward referrals following investigation Sometimes I have seen the patients previously, sometimes following hospital assessment Do people charge for these telephone follow ups and referrals? (private patients) Gavin

Absolutely Gavin Who works for nothing???? Sent from my iPhone > On 17 Oct 2022, at 13:03, Gavin Maguire <gavin.maguire@centrichealth.ie> wrote: > >  > Just getting straw pole regarding charging for referrals > > There seems to be an increase in contacts for onward referrals following investigation > Sometimes I have seen the patients previously, sometimes following hospital assessment > > Do people charge for these telephone follow ups and referrals? (private patients) > > Gavin > _______________________________________________ > Gpdiscussion mailing list -- gpdiscussion@centricgpforum.com > To unsubscribe send an email to gpdiscussion-leave@centricgpforum.com

Hi Gavin, We charge for consultation and then we refer approximately ( if required). Patients are charged for follow up fees( be it telephone call or face to face). I don’t charge for referral alone. > On 17 Oct 2022, at 18:03, Gavin Maguire <gavin.maguire@centrichealth.ie> wrote: > >  > Just getting straw pole regarding charging for referrals > > There seems to be an increase in contacts for onward referrals following investigation > Sometimes I have seen the patients previously, sometimes following hospital assessment > > Do people charge for these telephone follow ups and referrals? (private patients) > > Gavin > _______________________________________________ > Gpdiscussion mailing list -- gpdiscussion@centricgpforum.com > To unsubscribe send an email to gpdiscussion-leave@centricgpforum.com

Me too, I charge for the consultation needed around the referral since it is difficult to do a good referral without some type of patient encounter. And of course the referral may not be needed / there may be something that I can do while the pt is waiting. Also round ‘kindly do these bloods’ . I saw Ilona talking about it on Twitter, with a respectful contribution by Alan Irvine, the derm consultant. I know some people get a bit hot and bothered and ‘I’m not his intern’. But in my opinion it makes sense to take the patient back where possible and as above it is reasonable to charge for one’s time in this (not just a phlebotomy fee.) [cid:image001.png@01D8E263.55FF3D20] From: Kandan <nasilemak1978@gmail.com> Sent: Monday 17 October 2022 19:24 To: Centric GP Forum <gpdiscussion@centricgpforum.com> Subject: Centric GP Forum Re: Referrals and charging Hi Gavin, We charge for consultation and then we refer approximately ( if required). Patients are charged for follow up fees( be it telephone call or face to face). I don’t charge for referral alone. On 17 Oct 2022, at 18:03, Gavin Maguire <gavin.maguire@centrichealth.ie<mailto:gavin.maguire@centrichealth.ie>> wrote:  Just getting straw pole regarding charging for referrals There seems to be an increase in contacts for onward referrals following investigation Sometimes I have seen the patients previously, sometimes following hospital assessment Do people charge for these telephone follow ups and referrals? (private patients) Gavin _______________________________________________ Gpdiscussion mailing list -- gpdiscussion@centricgpforum.com<mailto:gpdiscussion@centricgpforum.com> To unsubscribe send an email to gpdiscussion-leave@centricgpforum.com<mailto:gpdiscussion-leave@centricgpforum.com> Disclaimer: This e-mail and any attachments including voice attachments may contain confidential, personal, sensitive, proprietary or legally privileged information. Anyone who is not the intended recipient should not use or open the document. Any information or voice recording used within this document or e-mail should not be forwarded to any other legal person or organisation or posted on any social media platform as to do so would be in breach of privacy and data protection legislation. If you have erroneously received this email or document, please delete immediately and notify the sender. If you have received this e-mail or documentation where there is a precise reason to forward to a third party, all rules regarding privacy and data protection should be followed. You will be liable for a third party breach.The recipients acknowledge that Centric Health or associated companies are unable to exercise control to ensure or guarantee the integrity of/over the contents of the information contained in e-mail transmission and further acknowledge that any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and no binding nature of the message shall be implied or assumed unless the sender does so expressly with due authority of Centric Health.