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Originally Posted by Damien
Thinking about it that does make a bit more sense. Patients aren't going to scale to the amount of appointments available. Although I guess they might do if accessibility increases, people who can't be bothered to get something looked at because they can't get the time off work might be more inclined to do so.
The problem with deciding who is right here is that it's just claim after counter-claim. I trust the doctors more than I trust the government and it irks me how Jeremy Hunt wears that poxy NHS badge when he is making public appearances but the fact the BMA accepted an agreement before it's members rejected it has eroded my trust in them as well.
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I would say that is very likely but it would also means that illnesses would be identified earlier rather than when someone is absolutely desperate and being an in patient rather than a more preferable out patient.The same would apply to GP surgeries ,better accessibility at the weekends would most likely mean people attending who would normally just put up with their symptoms because they cannot get time away from work again meaning the illness is caught earlier ,i would fall into that bracket ,my arthritis was developing over a few years but i didn't go to the doctors to get treatment or a diagnosis because i felt losing money from work took priority, instead when it was absolutely unbearable i ended up in A&E and the treatment regime was much more aggressive and therefore more costly and risky to me personally