Such is the limitation of some IT systems (I’m on Vision again…), the requirement to READ code all and sundry (whether we want to or not…Vision again) or just simply the lack of imagination by some GPs – me included – that this particular ubiquitous READ code appears time after time in patients notes. I’ve seen it being used obviously for the odd social chat, but also anything from acute chest pain to piles.
c/o: a Rash is another. Just seen a lady with one after the local pharmacist helpfully suggested she see her GP urgently because it could be leukaemia. Almost nothing to see, but what else could I do but some reassuring blood tests now the fear of God is in her.
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