They are literally carrying out the will of the people.
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Glad Cameron is trying to extend the NHS to a full 7 day a week service.
It doesn't matter what the Tories do to the NHS, they can leave it to fester in inefficiency and waste, privatise it until there is absolutely nothing left, or give it a billion pounds per member of the population, the reaction from a sizeable chunk of the population will be exactly the same.
I know friends of my daughter who are both NHS doctors. They work incredibly long hours are exhausted, have little social life, can't afford to live in London and are thinking of working abroad.
What I don't understand is why the strike is not for reducing the hours they work rather than when they work them.
I know friends of my daughter who are both NHS doctors. They work incredibly long hours are exhausted, have little social life, can't afford to live in London and are thinking of working abroad.
What I don't understand is why the strike is not for reducing the hours they work rather than when they work them.
In fact the new Hunt deal will reduce the maximum hours doctors can work from 96 to 72 hours per week. Still utterly incredible in this day and age.
How are health services run in Norway & Sweden? My understanding was that it's illegal for people to work more than about 35 hours per week in Norway (and it's prosecuted), so are medical services greatly reduced, do they have a much larger number of people working in the health service, or are there exceptions to the rules for medical services?
How are health services run in Norway & Sweden? My understanding was that it's illegal for people to work more than about 35 hours per week in Norway (and it's prosecuted), so are medical services greatly reduced, do they have a much larger number of people working in the health service, or are there exceptions to the rules for medical services?
I don't know the answer specifically but I would imagine the answer in some way relates to the number of doctors we / they have.
How are health services run in Norway & Sweden? My understanding was that it's illegal for people to work more than about 35 hours per week in Norway (and it's prosecuted), so are medical services greatly reduced, do they have a much larger number of people working in the health service, or are there exceptions to the rules for medical services?
I don't know the answer specifically but I would imagine the answer in some way relates to the number of doctors we / they have.
I would imagine it also has something to do with the levels of taxes that people and companies pay in Norway. That has always been the trouble with Britain - people expect certain sections of it to be run in a left wing way but on a right wing budget.
Bottom line is, you have to pay for the level of services you want but the vast majority of british voters will never vote for tax rises.
How are health services run in Norway & Sweden? My understanding was that it's illegal for people to work more than about 35 hours per week in Norway (and it's prosecuted), so are medical services greatly reduced, do they have a much larger number of people working in the health service, or are there exceptions to the rules for medical services?
I don't know the answer specifically but I would imagine the answer in some way relates to the number of doctors we / they have.
I would imagine it also has something to do with the levels of taxes that people and companies pay in Norway. That has always been the trouble with Britain - people expect certain sections of it to be run in a left wing way but on a right wing budget.
Bottom line is, you have to pay for the level of services you want but the vast majority of british voters will never vote for tax rises.
The idea that as a society we are undertaxed does not really stand up to scrutiny. Through direct and indirect taxation, levies, duties and fees the average Briton's marginal rate of tax ends up being around 56%. To demand that you are able to have decent access to basic services when over half your money will end up in Government coffers eventually isn't a big ask. The truth is too much of the money is being wasted. We could very easily have a properly funded NHS but there's too much excess in other areas not being addressed.
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However. Wanting to get more for the same cost will have consequences. Fund the change properly and it will be a wonderful initiative.
Trying to force people to do things that they know won't work is just a bully boy tactic.
Not that Hunt sees it like that.
What I don't understand is why the strike is not for reducing the hours they work rather than when they work them.
Bottom line is, you have to pay for the level of services you want but the vast majority of british voters will never vote for tax rises.