[Access to a specialist in assess of the surgery ward patients].

Analysis of the scale of accessibility to a specialist according to the surgical ward patients in pre hospitalisation period. Anonymous research survey has been conducted among the patients of Surgical Department in Wojewodzki Szpital in Tychy. 98 people auswered the questionnaire. The answers to the key questions were marked on a scale ranging from 1 to 10. The following were assessed: access to a specialist (surgeon) in the place of abode, the cost of the treatment, time of GP treatment before sending to a specialist, waiting for an appointment to a specjalist, the reason of surgical consultation (chronic disease etc.). The material analysed showed generally positive opinion about the access to a aspecialist in the place of about--64%. However, 16% the respondents found it difficult to have an appointment with a specialist. Separate research should be conducted to analyse the time GP treated the patient before sending him to a specialist. After analysing the results, patients await a wisit from 1 day to 15 years. The answers obtained in a survey show a good function of the social welfare at this stage of the reform of the Health Service--connected with the access to surgical treatment.