<< " A second wave of NHS(Primary Care Act) Pilots to come into
effect on 1 oct 1999, which will pioneer the delivery of services to
patients in a flexible way - for example, through evening or weekend
surgeries ">>
This is standard con the voters bullshit and I wouldn't take it too
seriously. The essence of it is, as KT says, affordability. We are all
less and less inclined to spend our professional lives subsidising the NHS,
giving the country health care on the cheap.
There may well be some kind of pressure exerted, esp on those unfortunate
enough to practice in commuter belts (MOVE! LEAVE! GET OUT BEFORE IT'S TOO
LATE!) but anything less than wholesale alteration of TOS can be safely
ignored. Who was that famous Naval chappy who put his telescope to his
blind eye so he wouldn't see the recall signal? Nelson, was it?
Anyway, the NHS as it now stands can afford a uniform, equitable, free at
point of delivery service which deals with emergencies and a limited amount
of non-emergency work. Anymore than that comes on HP.
Anita said <<We have to inform the public that '24hr drive-thru' medicine
comes at a price, and the NHS cannot afford it<<
I agree 100%. The essential point there is that the voters need to be
told. That means our leaders have to take their organs in their hands,
breathe deeply and face the cameras with the bad news. Most of them are not
up to that task. Suggestions, anyone?
Declan
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