Doctor Slams Hospital's "Please" Policy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday June 2, 2010 @05:07PM from the paging-doctor-manners dept.

Administrators at England's Worthing Hospital are insisting that doctors say the magic word when writing orders for blood tests on weekends. If a doctor refuses to write "please" on the order, the test will be refused. From the article: "However, a doctor at the hospital said on condition of anonymity that he sees the policy as a money-saving measure that could prove dangerous for patients. 'I was shocked to come in on Sunday and find none of my bloods had been done from the night before because I'd not written "please,"' the doctor said. 'I had no results to guide treatment of patients. Myself and a senior nurse had to take the bloods ourselves, which added hours to our 12-hour shifts. This system puts patients' lives at risk. Doctors are wasting time doing the job of the technicians.'"

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Not credible by Anonymous Coward · 2010-06-02 17:12 · Score: 5, Informative

The source for this is an "odd news" blog, whose source is a "newspaper" called The Sun. You may have heard of it. National Enquirer anyone?
1. Re:Not credible by TouchAndGo · 2010-06-02 17:54 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  Agreed, I can't find any other source for this news, and it's pretty bizarre to be quoting a tabloid as a source. Unless you're the Men in Black.
Re:Story is from The Sun by xaxa · 2010-06-02 23:45 · Score: 5, Informative

The sun is affiliated with Faux News?
Yes. They are both owned by News Corporation.