tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post3617190804599885450..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Public Consultations That Are Anything ButDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-34646606027634967472009-04-04T13:55:00.000+01:002009-04-04T13:55:00.000+01:00I was intrigued when reading the link that Dick po...I was intrigued when reading the link that Dick posted:<BR/><BR/>"Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 22)<BR/><BR/>The main purposes of the Bill are—<BR/><BR/>i) to introduce statutory controls on the display and sale of tobacco products to reduce the attractiveness and availability of tobacco products to children and young people; <BR/>ii) to make provision to amend and clarify the eligibility criteria for providers of primary medical services, including introducing a requirement that all parties to a contract for primary medical services must demonstrate a sufficient involvement in the provision of care and/or the day to day running of services."<BR/><BR/>I apologise if I'm being rather dense, but what in My Dead Cat's name is the common link between these two proposals?<BR/><BR/>I can work out why they are on the same bill, but could somebody please explain why politicians are getting away with such preposterous crap?<BR/><BR/>Has anyone got a number for the A-Team..?BTSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-87048155119588045452009-04-03T04:02:00.000+01:002009-04-03T04:02:00.000+01:00"Patient Focused Patient Involvement groups ( PFPI..."Patient Focused Patient Involvement groups ( PFPIs)"<BR/><BR/>Dunno about Scotland but I was chatting with a Lady the other day; she had, via her membership of Age concern, been on a Patients Forum for two years. She told me that as soon as they were properly up and running and started to make their particular concerns known, the Patients Forum was closed down.<BR/><BR/>Over the years I have spoken to a number of mental healthcare professionals who were all of the opinion that since patients view themselves as being 'punished' by being confined, to deny them smoking in their new compulsory Domestic Abode would not only be doubly unfair but would also directly damage their mental health as a result.bannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.com