Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
What has happened to the UK?
It started when Labour doubled Doctors pay over 4 years, from there being allowed to go part time and many taking early retirement because their wages mean even 25 years in they can bank a good pension + the flexibility of locum work on astronomical hourly rates - all of this means its a nightmare to staff properly. COVID has also seen most face to face appointments cancelled and its proving challenging to get the GPs back into practices since the little darlings are so used to working from home. Its a catastrophic fuk up, the only way to resolve it is going to be to confront the GMC and Unions with consequential strikes etc. They almost need to start again with new contracts, all the power sits with the doctors and they can hold the country to ransom.