General Chat

I'm pleased with my GP who is the daughter of the founder of the practise.
It is the largest in the region and each of its many Doctors has a speciality.
Its senior Doctors are also teachers. It has nurses and district nurses. It caters for the private patient as well as the NHS. Don't know if that gives superior doctoring.
Most, if not all GP's are self employed.

Just had my tax summary for 2015-2016. Apparently I contributed £526 for Healthcare but only £29 to the EU.....!

GPs are relatively well paid compared to Hospital doctors, double, in many cases.

Our Gp practice is great and I like my Gp v much. They are v up 2 date and reliable. Friendly too. I think Hunt's crusade against GP S is wrong headed like most of his ideas.

My niece graduated some years ago and worked in a busy city hospital. Despite rapid promotion to nurse practitioner she became v fed up with many aspects of the job. In the end she moved to Queensland Oz where she and her family are v happy and far better paid!

The NHS is finding it increasingly difficult to recruit and retain the skilled staff it needs. The reasons are obvious.

My practice is brilliant I cannot fault them or their service. I have to go every month and have never had any problems

GP's take a lot stick, bad publicity these days, but where would we be without them ?
They have a high pressure decision making job. They diagnose on sight, sound and smell before we have finished describing the symptom we are presenting. From cradle to grave they see their patients when they are sick or injured. Sometimes they make mistakes, we all do. But where would we be without them ? Doctors, surgeons and Paramedics may be well paid, but worth every penny Raise nurses salarys.