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| Quote: There is an unacceptable variation between GP out-of-hours services, the government admits. But health minister Mike O'Brien said care had still improved since doctors gave up providing cover in 2004. | |
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When you let people opt out of one of the most undesirable parts of there job, people tend to opt out.
clicky in 2004 they knew what was coming.
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| Quote: Allowing GPs to opt out was a key concession by the Government when negotiating the new contracts. Ministers believed that many doctors would opt for the extra money and continue providing cover, rather than giving up the bonus. However, a survey of more than 1,000 GPs by the medical newspaper Pulse found that 47 per cent intended to ditch out-of-hours work. Another 39 per cent plan to work just enough shifts with GP co-operatives to cover the £6,000 cost to them of opting out. | |
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and thus it came to be true..
clicky
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| Quote: The full extent of the problems patients in Norfolk face reaching doctors in the evenings or at weekends is outlined today as it is revealed that just one GP is on call per 185,000 people. Four doctors work out-of-hours shifts between midnight and 8am for a population under NHS Norfolk of about 740,000 - leading to concerns over safety and access for ill people. | |
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