And the utterly daft thing being that I would predict that virtually every person that pays NI ( yes I know, it doesn't really go to pensions and the NHS ) would probably willingly pay £10-£20 extra per month to fund the extra cover.
I am. My late Grandmother was taken to hospital when she had cancer. Admitted on a weekday. They decided she could be discharged on a Saturday. Problem being there were no dispensing pharmacy services running at the weekend so she couldn't take her prescribed cancer drugs with her. Instead, this...
Actually they are not - they are willing to scrap some of the 11% increase in basic to allow those that work Saturdays to be paid more. Hunt is quite clearly a HUNT with a capital C.