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**Maggy** · 07-05-2016, 09:01

If we want the NHS to be open 24/7 then we will have to employ not just junior doctors but everyone else with specialist skills.Doctors need lab technicians,radiographers,nurses and all the other myriad professions that keep the NHS working Monday to Friday..plus the missing extra doctors and nurses/midwives the NHS currently has shortages of.

However that costs and trying to provide on a shoestring won't cut it..

Also the best way to keep people out of A&E on any day is to make sure we address the acute shortage of GPs..My friend has just made an appointment to see her GP about her sinus headaches but can't have an appointment until the 2nd of June.

I'm pretty sure Hunt isn't really interested a 24/7 NHS but it merely trying to find ways and means of introducing us to the benefits of a privatised system based on the US nightmare of a healthcare system...

And I'm more than willing to pay higher taxes to fund the NHS..

07-05-2016, 09:01	#106
Maggy The Invisible Woman Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: between Portsmouth and Southampton. Age: 72 Services: VM XL TV,50 MB VM BB,VM landline, Tivo Posts: 40,340	Re: Junior Doctors Prepare For First Full Walk-Out If we want the NHS to be open 24/7 then we will have to employ not just junior doctors but everyone else with specialist skills.Doctors need lab technicians,radiographers,nurses and all the other myriad professions that keep the NHS working Monday to Friday..plus the missing extra doctors and nurses/midwives the NHS currently has shortages of. However that costs and trying to provide on a shoestring won't cut it.. Also the best way to keep people out of A&E on any day is to make sure we address the acute shortage of GPs..My friend has just made an appointment to see her GP about her sinus headaches but can't have an appointment until the 2nd of June. I'm pretty sure Hunt isn't really interested a 24/7 NHS but it merely trying to find ways and means of introducing us to the benefits of a privatised system based on the US nightmare of a healthcare system... And I'm more than willing to pay higher taxes to fund the NHS.. __________________ Hell is empty and all the devils are here. Shakespeare..