No Punching Required

The people from the memory service have just been round and they weren't even medical so it was even easier then expected. There were two of them which created the obvious problem of trying to be in two different locations at the same time. I left the woman (Chris) to go through a series of cognitive processing tests with my grandmother such as memory, mental agility and spacial awareness. Although the results of these test still need to be collated and actually analysed I'll pretty sure they'll show nothing more the age related deterioration. While they were doing that I was with my father and the man (Dave Matthews) going through a patient history based on census data like date of birth, date of marriage etc. There was also a series of questions to establish capacity for independent living most of which had to be crossed out as clearly not relevant.

There were two slightly nasty moments first when I pointed out that if we were going to be having a discussion about patient care it might be a good idea to include the patient in that discussion. The second was when they tried to claim they weren't part of Croydon PCT. Instead they argued that they were a secondary, social service provided by the Local Health Authority. Try and guess what other names the local health authority is known by.

Dave and Chris are now going to report back to their team to decide on their next move. Obviously there will be a next move as this is a piecemeal process but as they have nothing to offer it's going to be difficult for them to sustain that process for a substantial period of time.