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Yes I've just read the thread and found the comments from those outside healthcare depressing. The papers are always onto a winner if they mention greedy GPs and the old chestnut of attractice access times. How come no other profession is expeted to be available outside of normal working times? If I want to see my bank manager, solicitor dentist, or even GP I expect to go at a time that THEY can see me. What the general polpualtion need to realise is that an 'open all hours 24/7 system' would cost bigstyle in money and manpoower. If I am flying somewhere I expect the pilot to have been well rested - the same should be expected of those providing health care. We can all think back to the 'bad old days' when the phone rang at 3 in the morning (having been busy during the evening and then disturbed at 1 and 2), and we felt too knackered to move. As we all know, one of the things that the new contract highlighted was the TRUE cost of OOH. We were always paid a derisory rate to provide this ( and I for a time paid an inordinate amount to get rid of it - i.e. it cost us a lot more to pay others to do it for us.) I considered giving a history lesson regarding this on the Daily Mail list, but life is too short and I enjoy my time off more these days. -- Best Wishes Paul Bromley www.floridaholidayvilla.biz Superb Villa in Orlando with own pool - Free Internet & International Phonecalls. On 31/01/07, John Clegg <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I would despair at the quality of thinking of DM readers, except I never > thought it was up to much anyway! > > > On 31/01/07, Dr Laurie Miles < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Here's the link (watch word wrap): > > > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=432319&in_page_id=1770 > > > > > > > > There are 57 replies so far… > > > > > > > > Laurie Miles > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Bromley > > > > > Sent: 31 January 2007 2:26 pm > > > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > > Subject: [GP-UK] Daily Mail yesterday - Patricia Hewitt & OOH > > > > > > > > > > Saw a quick glimpse of this yesterday in the mail on a newstand and > > > > > hoped to read it online, but could not find it. Basically I think it > > > > > implied that within the contract engotiations they were talking about > > > > > OOH in some way being introduced! > > > > > > > > > > Can anyone update on this story and where did the information come > > > > > from. If from PH is there a reference to what she was saying.? It > > > > > amazes me that they make our contract so 'flexible' and keep expecting > > > > > us to accept it being heavily modified. I hope our Negs shoot this one > > > > > down immediately - I ain't doing any more OOH work. I used to work for > > > > > the local co-ops here, but stopped as no incentive with tax etc. If > > > > > they are trying to get it back into our contracts it can only be > > > > > becuase they hope to pay us less. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Best Wishes > > > > > > > > > > Paul Bromley > > > > > > > > > > www.floridaholidayvilla.biz > > > > > Superb Villa in Orlando with own pool - Free Internet & International > > > > > Phonecalls. > > > ********************************************************************** > > Information in this message may contain confidential > and privileged > > information. If you are not the intended recipient > please accept our > > apologies; please do not disclose, copy or > distribute information in > > this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its > contents: to do so > > is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform > us that this > > message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank > you for your > > co-operation. > > > > NHSmail is used daily by over 100,000 staff in the > NHS. Over a million > > messages are sent every day by the system. To find > out why more and > > more NHS personnel are switching to this NHS > Connecting for Health > > system please visit > www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/nhsmail > > > ********************************************************************** > > -- Best Wishes Paul Bromley www.floridaholidayvilla.biz Superb Villa in Orlando with own pool - Free Internet & International Phonecalls.