On a lighter note, good news for the embattled National Youth Theatre, which has appointed Doctor Who star Matt Smith as its new patron.
On the other hand, a Home Office appointed doctor declared him well enough to travel: "He didn't even touch me or take my blood or sugar level.
The disability is assessed and confirmed by a medical assessor, who is a state appointed doctor.
Of patients who said that they had a specific doctor appointed to them, 73% could usually meet the same doctor; only 27% usually met the same doctor if they had no appointed doctor (Table 2).
Now there is here a good subject of Venice, lately appointed doctor, who besides his skill in healing is also a famous distiller.
Responsible person/opinion leader: a professional responsible for breastfeeding in each PHCC will be appointed (doctor, nurse, midwife or social worker).
Table 2 details the responses relating to sex, age, urgency, whether the patient had visited the healthcare centre in the previous 12 months and, for those patients who were usually able to see the same doctor, whether the patient had an appointed doctor.
Patients who would particularly benefit from having an appointed doctor include those who are fragile, such as older patients with long-term conditions and multimorbidity, and patients who need, or use, the care most, such as drug and alcohol misusers, those who are mentally ill, and young people and families with social problems.
There is now a national recruitment programme in line with other medical specialties, and we know more than we did about our ability to attract and appoint doctors to training posts – but the most recent round of appointments in August this year left 18% of core training posts in psychiatry unfilled.
