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Comment on: Andrew Jones on the next big shift in healthcare
Call me old-fashioned but this is hardly going to transform health care. It's another attempt to put a glossy package on Health Care. Who will it actually benefit? The 20% of our practice currently aged over 80 years? I think not. In 1997, the UK was third bottom of the EU spending league on Health (just above Albania and Turkey,) and we had 40% less doctors per head of the population than the OECD average-a truly disgraceful statistic. We still have fewer doctors and spend less than the OECD averages although it is better. As a GP whose working day is 7.15am - 6.30pm I really wonder if the people that write such articles care about everyone or just the most vocal minority.
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Comment on: The BMA is standing between patients and a better service
Dear Mr Vize, I'm a GP in Glasgow. I arrive in the surgery at 7.15am and leave at 6.30pm. I love my job and find the hours manageable. I will be happy to do evening surgeries if you can answer the following 2 questions. 1- If I do a, say, 6.30-9pm surgery, do you want me to work from 7.15am until after 9pm (i.e. 14-15 hours) and if not, who will see all of the patients I would normally see in the morning? All of the doctors already have long and very busy and always fully booked surgeries each morning and afternoon. 2- The Govt has specified that the doctor has to work alone. Would you like to work in a nearly empty surgery with a lone receptionist in some areas of the country? stewart
