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.

and thus it came to be true..
clicky

For years, GPs complained about OOH care. The Govt. said either you do it or you lose £6000 and we'll do it. The Govt. f***ed up.

I have worked in A&E (or ED as they like to call it). The number of people turning up at 2am for minor things (like sore throats, or aching arms) is astounding. And because I had to work to the 4-hour time limit (see all patients within four hours of arriving in A&E), it often meant I had to see, say a cold or a sore throat, before I could attend to the more important cases such as heart attacks.

Very frustrating yet these are the kind of people who would ring up the GP in the middle of the night. One of the reasons why GPs opted out (as well as the fact that they had to go into work the next day).