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jeeagles 17 Sep 19 8.07am
Originally posted by HeathMan Letters are a great way of focusing minds - an appointment time in a head or mobile can be more easily over-looked. They are now trying to fill appointment slots and a letter may be followed be a call. This helps them not to have specialist skills unused, and has perhaps helped Mayday (CUH) be awarded £12,700,000.00 for an overhaul of the Intensive Treatment Unit. Bidding for a government contract... think of a number, double it. Unless it's the NHS when you can tripple it.
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jeeagles

17 Sep 19 8.07am

Originally posted by HeathMan

Letters are a great way of focusing minds - an appointment time in a head or mobile can be more easily over-looked. They are now trying to fill appointment slots and a letter may be followed be a call. This helps them not to have specialist skills unused, and has perhaps helped Mayday (CUH) be awarded £12,700,000.00 for an overhaul of the Intensive Treatment Unit.

Bidding for a government contract... think of a number, double it. Unless it's the NHS when you can tripple it.

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Isley46 Sanderstead 17 Sep 19 12.35pm
Originally posted by cryrst Alternatively thinking about it,it could be the roll out of the penalty fine for not turning up for an appointment. Say £100 is the figure. 5 letters to 25 people at 80p each. Just one missed appointment pays that back. Two and they're in profit. teating the water maybe. I would say the letters are nearer 30p each to produce and mail and could be down to GDPR that this hasn't been sent as a text or email as they would need your consent to do so (ie, you can't be automatically opted in) High cost appointments are usually followed up with phone calls the day before (MRI Scan appointments). Problem with NHS these days is not the cost but the perceived value and the service - have a crap experience and the cost looks high, have a great experience and the cost isn't thought about. It's a people service and unfortunately has been subject to change and outsourcing whereby many NHS roles are now recruited for / contracted and treated as (low paid) jobs where they once were vocations.
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Isley46

Sanderstead 17 Sep 19 12.35pm

Originally posted by cryrst

Alternatively thinking about it,it could be the roll out of the penalty fine for not turning up for an appointment.
Say £100 is the figure.
5 letters to 25 people at 80p each.
Just one missed appointment pays that back.
Two and they're in profit.
teating the water maybe.

I would say the letters are nearer 30p each to produce and mail and could be down to GDPR that this hasn't been sent as a text or email as they would need your consent to do so (ie, you can't be automatically opted in)

High cost appointments are usually followed up with phone calls the day before (MRI Scan appointments).

Problem with NHS these days is not the cost but the perceived value and the service - have a crap experience and the cost looks high, have a great experience and the cost isn't thought about. It's a people service and unfortunately has been subject to change and outsourcing whereby many NHS roles are now recruited for / contracted and treated as (low paid) jobs where they once were vocations.

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JohnB 17 Sep 19 4.28pm
Originally posted by Isley46 I would say the letters are nearer 30p each to produce and mail and could be down to GDPR that this hasn't been sent as a text or email as they would need your consent to do so (ie, you can't be automatically opted in) 30p would be accurate if it was 2nd class but OP said they are 1st class. You'd be looking at around 60p for dual sided mono for that, even at their volumes and through CCS.
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JohnB

17 Sep 19 4.28pm

Originally posted by Isley46

30p would be accurate if it was 2nd class but OP said they are 1st class. You'd be looking at around 60p for dual sided mono for that, even at their volumes and through CCS.

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cryrst The garden of England 17 Sep 19 5.27pm
Originally posted by Isley46 I would say the letters are nearer 30p each to produce and mail and could be down to GDPR that this hasn't been sent as a text or email as they would need your consent to do so (ie, you can't be automatically opted in) High cost appointments are usually followed up with phone calls the day before (MRI Scan appointments). Problem with NHS these days is not the cost but the perceived value and the service - have a crap experience and the cost looks high, have a great experience and the cost isn't thought about. It's a people service and unfortunately has been subject to change and outsourcing whereby many NHS roles are now recruited for / contracted and treated as (low paid) jobs where they once were vocations. I have consented to email and text.
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cryrst

The garden of England 17 Sep 19 5.27pm

Originally posted by Isley46

High cost appointments are usually followed up with phone calls the day before (MRI Scan appointments).

I have consented to email and text.

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