No ‘unsustainable’ pressure on the NHS? Then why are GPs threatening to strike?
Sajid Javid: behind the smug smile there appears to be no intelligence at all.
The following tweets appeared next to each other on my timeline:
Think it's a bit jarring to hear there's no unsustainable pressure on the NHS, when many of us are one bad shift away from just walking out forever.
— Dr Philip Lee (@drphiliplee1) October 21, 2021
GPs in England threaten industrial action over in-person appointments https://t.co/532YIg5hsn
— Clare Hepworth OBE (@Hepworthclare) October 22, 2021
It’s just more evidence that Sajid Javid was lying when he said pressure on the NHS due to Covid-19 was “not unsustainable” – as if we needed it, after Stephen Powis contradicted him during his own press conference on Wednesday:
Sajid Javid – “We don’t believe that the pressures that are currently faced by the NHS are unsustainable”
Prof Stephen Powis – "The NHS is under considerable pressure"#DowningStreetBriefing pic.twitter.com/71DKRs2uk2
— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) October 20, 2021
GPs are under severe pressure due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis – worsened by the government’s refusal to take action to reduce infections, in the face of increases past 50,000 a day and the worst death rate since March.
But Health Secretary Sajid Javid wants to compel them to hold face-to-face appointments with anybody who wants one – and is threatening to publicly humiliate surgeries that don’t meet targets he imposes.
As a result,
GPs in England are threatening industrial action in protest at the government’s attempt to force them to see any patient who wants a face-to-face appointment.
The British Medical Association’s GPs committee voted unanimously to reject the plan by the health secretary, Sajid Javid.
The doctors’ union has decided to hold a ballot on possible industrial action, which could result in family doctors at the 6,600 practices in England reducing the work they undertake.
So Javid’s interference is likely to make it less possible to see a GP personally. What a stupid way to run a health service.
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