Paper Work A Burden
(N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, Sept. 13. One of the biggest grumbles in the British medical profession was the excessive amount of paper work which doctors had to handle under the Government Health Scheme, a New Zealandborn doctor said today. He is Dr. J. A. Dale, who arrived with his wife in the liner Ceramic after an absence of 40 years. Dr. Dale, who has been a general practitioner at Stamford, Rutland, for the last 35 years, said there were moves afoot to provide subsidised private secretaries for group practices. “I really don’t think doctors have a lot to grumble about,” he said. The biggest complaint from the public was insufficient attention. Some doctors gave each patient only five minutes.
“In my day I had 4500 people to look after but they received proper attention—not that I had much leisure time.”
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30855, 14 September 1965, Page 3
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