There is currently a proposal doing the rounds. It seems to have the support of a majority of General Practioners (GPs) but has got the 'left' into a normal, for them, froth.
The proposal?
If you fail to turn-up for an appointment with your GP, then you must pay a fee. The amounts suggested seem modest at £5-10 but that is still too much for the 'bleating heart liberals and lefties'.
Think about it though, you only pay if you fail to turn-up for your appointment. That is, the appointment that is taking up time that is therefore no longer available to others.
Once again Labour finds itself on the wrong side of the argument. The Labour/Welfare party is only about being stuck in a 1940s time-warp where they are chained to the 'no fees and free at point of delivery' ideal and cannot therefore think beyond that time.
Surely this isn't about any kind of 'thin edge of the privatisation of the NHS' thing! This is about making sure that those the really need the services of a doctor, have a better chance of getting them. This is about making those, that take for granted and abuse the NHS, pay for that abuse. Wouldn't we expect to see less missed appointments? That is the point of this proposal. It isn't about raising money, it is about improving services. What kind of organisation never looks at ways to better the customer (patient) experience? If the NHS doesn't move with the times, time will increasingly pass it by.
My suggestion is that NHS Trusts move to implement this change, on a local basis and those GPs that don't want to, don't have to. That way, just like in a science experiment, we will have 'with and without' data and we can see the results. I would go further and apply this process to hospital appointments as well as those with GPs.
I have no problem paying if I fail to turn-up for an appointment, do you?
Oh, and please don't bleat about 'the poor' being unable to afford the fee. The cure for that is not more welfare (sorry Labour!). The answer is, don't miss your appointment!
The proposal?
If you fail to turn-up for an appointment with your GP, then you must pay a fee. The amounts suggested seem modest at £5-10 but that is still too much for the 'bleating heart liberals and lefties'.
Think about it though, you only pay if you fail to turn-up for your appointment. That is, the appointment that is taking up time that is therefore no longer available to others.
Once again Labour finds itself on the wrong side of the argument. The Labour/Welfare party is only about being stuck in a 1940s time-warp where they are chained to the 'no fees and free at point of delivery' ideal and cannot therefore think beyond that time.
Surely this isn't about any kind of 'thin edge of the privatisation of the NHS' thing! This is about making sure that those the really need the services of a doctor, have a better chance of getting them. This is about making those, that take for granted and abuse the NHS, pay for that abuse. Wouldn't we expect to see less missed appointments? That is the point of this proposal. It isn't about raising money, it is about improving services. What kind of organisation never looks at ways to better the customer (patient) experience? If the NHS doesn't move with the times, time will increasingly pass it by.
My suggestion is that NHS Trusts move to implement this change, on a local basis and those GPs that don't want to, don't have to. That way, just like in a science experiment, we will have 'with and without' data and we can see the results. I would go further and apply this process to hospital appointments as well as those with GPs.
I have no problem paying if I fail to turn-up for an appointment, do you?
Oh, and please don't bleat about 'the poor' being unable to afford the fee. The cure for that is not more welfare (sorry Labour!). The answer is, don't miss your appointment!
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