Soleron on 23 September 2008
"Whilst a year ago only 1 in 10 patients had access to GPs at weekends and in the evening. Now almost half of all practices are open and by the end of next year the majority will be open even longer."
This problem was caused BY Gordon Brown. He created a pay deal that dramatically increased doctors' pay while giving them the 'choice' of not working evenings/weekends. Of course, most of them did exactly that and stopped working the extra hours, and yet earned more than before.
Now he's had to pay doctors even MORE to get them to work those times again. Result: same coverage time as before but 2-3x the tax money spent on it.
And he's trying to make it look good.
