The problem is that with a salaried service the country cannot afford
primary care as it currently is provided. If we really were paid the BMA
rate not including expenses, i.e. about £50-60 per hour, and we only did a
40 hour week, then the out of hours would be unsustainable due to lack of
experienced and properly trained doctors and the service would cost twice as
much in the day as it does now. The costs of buildings and staff would not
go away if we stopped providing them. It would only be passed onto a larger
bureaucracy than we have now, thus further increasing the cost. The public
have to accept that they will have to pay more or get less.
Trefor
Trefor Roscoe
GP Beighton Health Centre
Queens Road, Sheffield
GP Tutor Informatics - N Trent
http://www.medical-legal.co.uk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of [log in to unmask]
> Sent: 09 May 1998 22:25
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: Locality Communications
> You have my sympathy. I am not sure what the views of most GPs are
> in respect of the present system under which they act as small
> 'businesses'. I know what my views of the situation are; I would
> much prefer that GPs were paid a proper salary, commensurate with
> their innate qualities, training, workload and responsibilities, and
> not required to be what they were never trained to be, namely small
> businesses.
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> Mike Wells
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