FW: Report back on Sue Smithson/National O& P Insurance Contracting Consultant

FW: Report back on Sue Smithson/National O& P Insurance Contracting Consultant

Tony Barr

9/11/2006

The below information as been generated from on the background and
experience of Sue Smithsom, the alleged contracting consultant for the
insurance industry and stated I had a series of e-mails regarding the O&P
National contracting issue forwarded to me. I am presently consulting with
various national insurance companies that are presently investigating
national O&P contracts.

Sue Smithson qualified as a registered nurse at Harrogate Hospital in North
Yorkshire and holds a specialist qualification in orthopaedics.She spent 23
years in the NHS in Scotland and Yorkshire delivering orthopaedic and trauma
nursing. In 1998, Sue was appointed Clinical Manager at NHS Direct with
responsibility for the recruitment, retention and development of the
workforce as well as the operational management of the service at a time of
enormous growth. Sue established the approach to recruitment, which
subsequently became the national model for NHS Direct.

In 2001, Sue became the Head of the International Division within the West
Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service (WYMAS) NHS Trust. The division
recruited hundreds of nurses a year into the NHS and set the framework for
the recruitment of mental health nurses from various countries around the
world. She also developed a model for the international recruitment of
Allied Health Professionals, involving the full range of professions both in
the UK and internationally.
 
Apparently due to multiple requests as to her credentials,Ms Smithson has
decided to end her efforts to find support for sole source O&P national
contracting. Plus the fact that she comes from a background of socialized
medicine which isn't how we provide health benefits in this country...yet.

What a intriguing ,revolving and always entertaining profession/industry
O&P is :)
Someone ought to write a book ..and they have.

First fifty (50) replies will receive a complimentary book titled, Whole
Again.
Send name and address to <Email Address Redacted>

Tony Barr
Anthony T. Barr
President
Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr
www.ErtlReconstruction.com

This a copy of the response received this morning from Sue Smithson's email
address.

This is an AUTO RESPONSE to your recent e-mail communication to
<Email Address Redacted>


From: <Email Address Redacted> [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>]

I greatly apologize for the inconvenience, but due to circumstances beyond
my control, it has become necessary to discontinue this e-mail address.

If you are a current client or contact, you should have received an e-mail
from me with my new e-mail address; the subject line of the e-mail is New
E-Mail For Sue.

If you did not receive an e-mail from me, please call me on either my office
or my cell phone number and I will give you my new e-mail address
personally.

Again, I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thank you, Sue

MESSAGE FOR PROSTHETIC AND ORTHOTIC PROVIDERS. If you sending a message to
this address and you are from the Prosthetic and Orthotic industry, please
delete your message and kindly do not send any further communication to this
address.