Med Reg: but this patient has multiple arm fractures?
Ortho: yer but we don’t need to operate so admit medics.
LATER THAT SHIFT...
Med Reg: but this patient has septic arthritis and DOES need an operation?
Ortho: yer but they also need antibiotics soooooo admit medics.
Patient in clinic described their sputum as wallpaper paste consistency so asked him to describe quantity in terms of how many rolls of wallpaper he could paste daily with it
The moment in the specialist asthma clinic when the new patient asks “Hang on, aren’t you the same doctor who referred me here from the general Resp clinic last year? You sent me 10 miles down the road to see yourself?!”
Dangers of rotating trusts #awkward #selfreferral