Are you suggesting the Sunak plan is because it is almost impossible to see a GP?
I don't think you quite understand my post. The 'illegal immigration' bit is just a tiny part of it. I am disinclined to 'explain' it without providing the context, but I'm not sure you're interested in the context, so I'll leave it there, it that's OK
The biggest problem is that GPs aren't actually NHS employees - they are either self employed or employed by a private business. This means THEY get to choose their hours. The government should be looking at bringing all GPs in as NHS employees and not on their £100k private salaries. Once that is completed then lets bring dentists back into the NHS employee fold. Nearly all GPs and Dentists have had their training subsidised by the British tax payer - time to make good - or pay the FULL cost of your training back to the NHS if you want to be a private employee.
Most illegal immigrants enter legally on a valid visa or come from a non visa country, and then overstay. Most arriving in small boats claim asylum and it is legal to enter in any way physically possible, to claim asylum.
The issue is more to do with a the number of qualified GPs declining year on year. Reverse this and there’ll be change.
Who in most cases have WORKED for 50+ years and contributed towards their pension with NI contributions. Whereas the millions on benefits contribute nothing.Yer fair enough , although this was reported in all media outlets
This is a bit more nuanced. Still doesn't paint a great picture.
Are half of British households a burden on the state? - Full Fact
"Half of Britain is a burden on the state," the Sunday Times reported over the weekend. A number of newspapers also reported the news that the majority …fullfact.org
Using ONS data, we broke down the numbers into retired and non-retired households. The chart below illustrates how much each household gains from state benefits or contributes to the national income.
This shows a slightly different picture, as working-age households in the middle-earning quintile contribute more to the state then they receive. Across all income brackets, if you take out pensioners, the percentage of net recipients is 39.6% - not 53.4%. One could therefore argue that a big driver for the increase in the number of net recipients is the rise in the number of retired households.
Bloody pensioners.
So with all this legal immigration followed, in some cases, but visa violations etc., what is the minister for Illegal Immigration doing? Presumably he will be focused in dealing with those who arrive illegally then go rogue. If they have gone rogue how is he supposed to send them to Rwanda? It all seems so complicated? And how have the tories managed to weaponize it? I mean, they have been in charge for 13 years. If there are any problems and issues, surely these are all of their own making? Am I missing something*? Whatabout Jeremy Corbyn?
That’s as may be, but not in our surgery.
Are you a follower of fashion? Can you point me to what's trendy? I'm not sure what to think anymore, and worry that my opinions have gone a bit stale. What's the 'with it' view now, on, say, the NHS, and women's rights, and the immigrant problem (used to be called the Jewish Problem back in the day). Drink driving (can we still do it)? What about capitol punishment (I've heard the traffic in London is terrible these days)? You sound like you're in the know. Why don't you fill me in?
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True but your post has nothing to do with the points I was making - my post was relating to Sunak’s ‘sick note’ comments which applies to everyone not just NHS employees - so my point still stands that GPs are suffering from long term stress and burnout and take time off work/away from patients - Sunak’s whole reason to introduce reforms imo is to cut down on benefit reform and also make it harder for people to ‘coast the system at the expense of the taxpayer’
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So with all this legal immigration followed, in some cases, but visa violations etc., what is the minister for Illegal Immigration doing? Presumably he will be focused in dealing with those who arrive illegally then go rogue. If they have gone rogue how is he supposed to send them to Rwanda? It all seems so complicated? And how have the tories managed to weaponize it? I mean, they have been in charge for 13 years. If there are any problems and issues, surely these are all of their own making? Am I missing something*? Whatabout Jeremy Corbyn?
* such as, it's all a load of old bollocks? Maybe? Who knows?
I have the utmost respect for you but I am sorry, whilst I agree that you should not ignore a GP's diagnosis can you not accept that far too many are able to convince the doctor that they have "mental health" issues?
I appreciate your considered response!
No, I haven't called you an ignorant tw@t. And I will highlight that on my next post I said the following....
What do you suggest is the solution?If none of the GPs or Nurses in your area are suffering from burnout, exhaustion and stress related illnesses and you have ‘plenty of doctors’, then you are living in a very well supplied area - making it harder for them to get sicknote/fit notes where they are suffering from stress related absenteeism isn’t the answer to curb the ‘sick-note culture’ as Sunak compassionately terms it IMO. More investment, a more equitable distribution of primary care resources and more recruitment is.
“GPs in the UK have some of the highest stress levels and lowest job satisfaction among family doctors, a 10-country survey has found. British GPs suffer from high levels of burnout, have a worse work/life balance and spend less time with patients during appointments than their peers in many other places. Heavy workloads, seemingly endless paperwork and feelings of emotional distress are prompting many GPs to stop seeing patients regularly or even retire altogether, the research found. Seven in 10 (71%) NHS family doctors find their job “extremely” or “very stressful”, the joint-highest number alongside GPs in Germany among the countries analysed.”
UK GPs have the highest stress levels, finds survey of 10 countries’ doctors
Burnout, poor work/life balance and ‘unsustainable’ pressures are causing many NHS family practitioners to consider retirement
Mate, it has gone off piste. There are wildfire discussions about whether immigration is a good thing, should patients be triaged by a nurse practitioner, and even whether it is best to take an aspirin by mouth or up the jacksy.
But....but.....how could it then be weaponized?
I can feel a POLL coming.
A 'cruel to be kind', type of announcement was it?
Breathtaking isn't it?