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Yes I agree with you - if you want something done properly do it yourself. That's not to say I don't need admin and reception staff. I'd be completely lost without them. They help make sure referrals go on the right forms, get sent to the right place, make sure they've been received at the other...

It seems to be the direction NHS primary care is going and I don't think Labour are going to reverse it (might be wrong). To be fair there are probably some PAs who are really good at their job and pharmacists I work with can do various things well which reduces the GP workload. When I worked in...

There's a thing called ARRS (Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme). The government are offering money for practices which they can use to employ certain staff such as PAs, but it can't be used to pay for a GP. It started in 2019 I think. So essentially they're providing financial encouragement...

Here's my opinion for what it's worth: Most people off work in the long-term (“‘off sick”) are never going to get back to work. How much of the reason is genuine depression, anxiety, back pain etc and how much of it is an attitude/behavioural issue is hard to say, and probably impossible to...