This "poor manager" is the director general of commissioning and is at
the heart of the government's "Reform Agenda". I doubt very much if he
has ever been dragooned into anything.
Paul Caldwell wrote:
> LMC just circulated the latest breifing for PCTs about preparing for
> extended hours- gateway ref 9410 on DOH website. one can only conclude
> that this poor manager has been dragooned by his masters in producing
> it as part of the DOH campaign to startle GPs into signing up to it. i
> my case it will have the opposite effect. the circular makes clear
> that extended does not mean extre pre-bookable surgeries for
> workers/commuters (no extres, visits, phone calls etc). it means
> normal GMS for longer hours AND no change in normal office hour
> working patterns, implying that the poor sod doing the extended hours
> surgery will have to do his normal surgeries as previously set out to
> the PCT in our GMS contract PLUS that extre surgery PLUS be available
> for late visits, extres and phone calls. nor by the sound of it, will
> he be able to have next morning off. one can confidently predict that
> this poor GP will burn out ASAP as he will be inundated by pt demand
> without any time for recovery. AND the circular implies our practice
> nurses will have to do the same. AND if we dont do this, we'll have
> money taken off us. AND no new money is available-its "recirculated".
>
> this is the last straw. my draft letter of resignation is going in and
> i'm going non-principle if this goes thru. i owe it to myself and
> family. shamefully the DOH has forced me to choose between my health+
> family and my patients. shame on you mr johnson- and i'm a life-long
> member of the labour party- and you are a local MP.
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