Gps To Blame For Hospital Crisis

[lindapalmara]

Ever since Blair gave GPs a big pay rise to do less, we have had crisis after crisis in hospital, especially A&E

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-4111634/Why-vanishing-GPs-blame-hospital-crisis-former-NHS-consultant-says-profession-s-ethos-care-duty-replaced-self-interest.html

[jno]

18 month granddaughter and she does not think much to this Internet thing

slow developer, slaney? You might have to have her looked at.

[New Judge]

"In fact the surgery does stay open late one night a week - but this only happened after GP pay went up."

Mine did the opposite. It has never opened in the evenings and when they were all awarded silly money they closed for half a day on Thursdays.

[Sqad]

New Judge.

\\\\\They should be salaried employees of the NHS with a contract which stipulates the above.\\\

LOL....Like lawyers and Barristers, GPs are no fools to get involved with Nationalisation. As Independent contractors, with the backing of the BMA ( a strong Trade's Union) and a sympathetic Labour Government, they are in a strong position to call the tune and they are not going to give that up tp become salaried workers of the NHS. Believe me, it is NOT going to happen.

[jno]

I don't know whether I'm lucky or you're unlucky, NJ. It would be useful to have some facts on which to base this argument; pay levels are only one side of the story.

[New Judge]

"LOL....Like lawyers and Barristers,"

The majority of people that work on the State side of the criminal justice system are paid employees of the Department of Justice. Some Prosecutors are freelance and they work on criminal trials prosecuting on behalf of the Crown. The vast majority of prosecution work is undertaken by salaried solicitors and barristers. However, the two things are not equitable. There is no suggestion that legal services provided either by State employees or by freelancers vary significantly across the country. You will find little difference between the service provided in Maidstone Crown Court to that in Newcastle Crown Court. Furthermore, relatively few people have occasion to use the court service whereas the same cannot be said of the NHS.

I know that GPs are never going to succumb to the rigours of working directly for the NHS. Heaven forbid - the poor souls would never cope. But whilst the NHS fannies about employing freelancers on contracts which mean they can, by and large, provide whatever service (or lack of it) that they see fit, the primary care facilities will not improve. GP practices like mine have no incentive to improve the service they provide to their patients and no effective control is exercised over what they do with vast sums of taxpayers' dosh that is handed over to them

[Sqad]

NJ.....I agree.

[ladybirder]

Thanks jno.

I'm very lucky, such a busy practice but runs like clockwork even though it has taken on thousands of patients from a practice across the road which was closed down by the Quality Care Commission I think its called.

[Bazile]

This is how our GP practice works -

If you have a problem , you ring a number to request a call back from a GP/ Nurse practioner .
When the GP calls back , he/ she will assess your problem and if he/she decides that you need to be seen , you will b given an appointment that day

However if you don't ring as soon as the phone lines are open or very soon after , it's unlikely that you will be able to have a call back .

One assumes that there are limited number of slots made available during the day

[gulliver1]

LINDA, Mr Blair has not been in power for many years!. You probably have not noticed , like a good many others ,that we have a very weak
Con covernment in charge now. The PRESENT secretary of state for health,
is responsible for the business and policies of the NHS, including FINANCIAL
CONTROL.

[Baldric]

Congratulations gullible, that is a truly stunning lack of information you display in that post.

[gulliver1]

Get back in your pit , and get some in.

[Baldric]

;o)

[gulliver1]

Still got hairs on your B/D

[Zacs-Master]

Why has BA been given to someone who's proved that the OP was a bit daft?