George,
>Think about that. It is humanly impossible to be working 24 hrs a day
>and seven days a week.
Of course not.
>The contract is for a given set of hours, often less than are actually
>worked, and then emergency cover for the rest, not - I repeat not - for
>_standard_ care for 24 hours every day. As to how arrangements are made
>for the emergency cover, they are varied and variable but do not impinge
>upon the contract.
I stand corrected.
>Because the argument is often an emotional one and one person's
>emergency is another's trivia, the distinctions are often blurred in
>real life (sometimes wantonly, sometimes in ignorance) but they are real
>and necessary for the NHS to continue without raising costs by an order
>of magnitude.
Wouldn't that depend on who pays the costs, and how they are recouped?
Regards
Jeff
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