Are Gps Partly Responsible For The Crisis In The N H S?

[naomi24]

//Ministers are under mounting pressure to respond to "intolerable and unsustainable" pressure facing the NHS.

Senior doctors described the NHS as on a knife edge, with some A&Es in a "complete state of crisis".//

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64148967

With GP appointments difficult to access, people are turning up at A&E with conditions that are due neither to an accident or an emergency which in my opinion is a big part of the problem. I can see no reason why GP surgeries haven't returned to normal working - but they haven't - and that serves only to exacerbate the problem. Quite shameful really.

[bobbinwales]

Shortage of doctors etc yet medical degrees turn away lots of applicants ...3 top a level grades in sciences usually. Maybe the problem isn't pay... its we are'nt training enough so need more courses and loosen the entry requirements. Same with nurses...they never use to needva levels and degrees

[Untitled]

i think lowering the entry requirements to becoming a doctor might have some unpleasant consequences bobbi

[Zacs-Master]

'Maybe the problem isn't pay... its we are'nt training enough'

You're partly right, Bob, money isn't the root of the problem. The professions (Nurses especially) aren't attractive because of the conditions / pressure people know they'll be working under therefore there are very few to train. The number of courses / entry requirements isn't a major issue.

[MissTerious2]

Damn Tony Blair for his reforms

[bobbinwales]

Maybe your right for nurses zacs so we need to get more bright people interested in that ... incentives, better bursaries for training courses.
But for doctors, untitled, I don't mean accept anyone.... just mean accept say ABB instead of A*A*A at A level if there in relevant subjects xso widen the pool