[arista]

Starmer I thought he would sort this?


[GPs threaten to bring 'NHS to a standstill'
with industrial action as junior doctors reach pay deal]




GP's will Strike was on all media

[user104658]

GP's are private companies who are they striking against? Themselves?

[Vanessa]

Good. Give the government a hard time. They deserve it.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

Good. Give the government a hard time. They deserve it.

But so many need GP's

[Liam-]

GP’s are arguably some of the hardest people to have sympathy for these days so I really can’t see what they’re expecting to achieve

[joeysteele]

I thought they already were.
It's near impossible and has been since COVID to get to see one!!!!

[Livia]

Ł150,000pa for a three day week. Hard to feel sympathy. Anyway, how will anyone know they're taking industrial action? My doctor's surgery is empty, no one gets an appointment anyway, unless it's by phone. They used Covid to lighten their workload.

[arista]

BBC :Work To Rule
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72vp774rp3o


Sky News:
[Family doctors in England have voted
overwhelmingly in favour of taking collective action
for the first time in 60 years in a
row over the new GP's contract.

GPs will be able to choose from
a series of actions set out by the
British Medical Association (BMA) after 98.3%
of more than 8,500 GPS in England who took
part voted in favour.]

https://news.sky.com/story/gps-vote-...years-13188629

[bots]

most of the public are angry at GP's already, so this will go down well

[UserSince2005]

of course they are, everyone will be striking now Labour are in goverment, easy way to get a huge pay rise, labour will sign it off without having a second thought for the economy and if we can afford it.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by UserSince2005

of course they are, everyone will be striking now Labour are in goverment, easy way to get a huge pay rise, labour will sign it off without having a second thought for the economy and if we can afford it.

Well, Labour are funded by the unions. Hard not to do what your paymasters demand...

[smudgie]

Oooh. Hoping I still get a phone call from my doctor this afternoon.
I rang the surgery Tuesday afternoon, managed to get two appointments for today and the 22nd. Also had a doctor get in touch within an hour and a script written up within an hour.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Oooh. Hoping I still get a phone call from my doctor this afternoon.
I rang the surgery Tuesday afternoon, managed to get two appointments for today and the 22nd. Also had a doctor get in touch within an hour and a script written up within an hour.

Where are you Smudge? I'm moving there immediately... I have a blood test at my GP's surgery every three months, used to be able to make an appointment for this online, now I have to go to the surgery. My Hematology appointment at the hospital is 29th August but my GP surgery can't fit me in for a blood test till September - and that's just for a blood test. They have 10 doctors and over 30,000 patients and they're still accepting new applicants.

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by Livia

Where are you Smudge? I'm moving there immediately... I have a blood test at my GP's surgery every three months, used to be able to make an appointment for this online, now I have to go to the surgery. My Hematology appointment at the hospital is 29th August but my GP surgery can't fit me in for a blood test till September - and that's just for a blood test. They have 10 doctors and over 30,000 patients and they're still accepting new applicants.

Up North Livia.
We have a good GP surgery, plus we have a choice of three local hospitals for treatment.
Hubby wanted to have a cholesterol blood check, he popped in, picked a blood form up next day and managed to get a shingles jab as well.
I think we are lucky in that we are not too rural but not big enough to be overwhelmed.
We have a separate bloods clinic as well, can go either morning or afternoon any day, as long as you can get hold of a blood form from the surgery.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Up North Livia.
We have a good GP surgery, plus we have a choice of three local hospitals for treatment.
Hubby wanted to have a cholesterol blood check, he popped in, picked a blood form up next day and managed to get a shingles jab as well.
I think we are lucky in that we are not too rural but not big enough to be overwhelmed.
We have a separate bloods clinic as well, can go either morning or afternoon any day, as long as you can get hold of a blood form from the surgery.

Amazing... I live in the country my surgery is in a local town that's doubled in size in the last 10 years but the surgery has remained the same.

[arista]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Oooh. Hoping I still get a phone call from my doctor this afternoon.
I rang the surgery Tuesday afternoon, managed to get two appointments for today and the 22nd. Also had a doctor get in touch within an hour and a script written up within an hour.

Good News.


But this is a Future Strike Collective Action.
because the Labour Health Secretary
gave Hospital Doctors 22%

GP's may want the same.

[arista]

[Crimson Dynamo]

never lost a days work to fake covid...

[arista]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

never lost a days work to fake covid...

Yes during China's Covid-19
they had no choice but to lock the doors
deaths were appearing.

[Beso]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

never lost a days work to fake covid...

I worked all the way through the lockdown..I've had covid 5 times since it ended

[arista]

Originally Posted by parmnion

I worked all the way through the lockdown..I've had covid 5 times since it ended

Good on you.

[Alf]

I don't need a doctor. I eat red meat and eggs. And I smoke and drink beer. I'm fit as a fiddle.

I've been ill once in this decade so far, and I still went to work.

[arista]

Dr.Amir a younger Doctor
was on GMBHD itv
he said it is collective bargaining.
Not a Strike?

He claimed 10 measures
are on the table?

A GP surgery may only need 3 or 4 of them

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

never lost a days work to fake covid...

Wasn't that just cos your missus at the time got you a gig stacking boxes for Bezos?

[bots]

labour have basically set off a wage spiral across the country by giving a subset a pay hike. Just watch it spread across every sector of industry