"Call it whatever you like, but it is not a referendum, not a consultation, nor anything that resembles it," he said, adding that it would have little effect.
Yet this consultation asks hardly anything, and the time given to the proposed changes allows no time for proper informed discussion with stakeholders – including children, young people and families, as well as practitioners.
By skipping a formal conference committee, for example, Democrats can avoid dealing with motions to recommit on contentious issues (whether they be Medicare cuts, late-life consultation, abortion or anything else).
The proposed new constituencies will see significant consultation and review before anything is confirmed, with public meetings in October and November and submissions being accepted until December.
The 23-year-old listens intently as they examine patients, records their treatment plans in a laptop computer, and follows up on prescriptions, lab tests, consultations with specialists and anything else the doctors order.
"What I'm concerned about is the way it appears to have been done without any consultation at all and without anything given back from the club board," he said.
"So no matter what we're doing within that one year, the consultation part won't mean anything after one year.
Any consultation with BAE specifically rules out anything to do with Brunei".
If they work properly they may [maintain the cleanliness] well, but two of them are [completely busy] with organizing visitors at entry to [the consultation room] and cannot do anything else" (M11, administrator).
The time span between the first consultation and surgical intervention can be anything from a couple of weeks to several months.
