Two tier health care

Missing GP appointments isn't even an issue so charging people for missing them wouldn't solve anything. GPS are always full. They are never sat around twiddling their thumbs because they had a cancellation, they just fill it with someone else waiting or at worst get to finish on time for a change. On top of that GPs are privately owned so any additional income they made wouldn't go to patient care elsewhere in the NHS system anyway, it would just be an increase on profits.

There has also been numerous studies showing that people being put off from attending a GP/A&E to save money costs the system much more in the long run because it leads to minor things snowballing into major things.
 
Nano said:
Missing GP appointments isn't even an issue so charging people for missing them wouldn't solve anything. GPS are always full. They are never sat around twiddling their thumbs because they had a cancellation, they just fill it with someone else waiting or at worst get to finish on time for a change. On top of that GPs are privately owned so any additional income they made wouldn't go to patient care elsewhere in the NHS system anyway, it would just be an increase on profits.

There has also been numerous studies showing that people being put off from attending a GP/A&E to save money costs the system much more in the long run because it leads to minor things snowballing into major things.
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Do the nhs pay the gp for seeing patients?

They are ran as partnerships, the run the pharmacy element which is the bit they make money from.

If they have to medication to give do they still get paid for the patient?
 
Nano said:
Missing GP appointments isn't even an issue so charging people for missing them wouldn't solve anything. GPS are always full. They are never sat around twiddling their thumbs because they had a cancellation, they just fill it with someone else waiting or at worst get to finish on time for a change. On top of that GPs are privately owned so any additional income they made wouldn't go to patient care elsewhere in the NHS system anyway, it would just be an increase on profits.

There has also been numerous studies showing that people being put off from attending a GP/A&E to save money costs the system much more in the long run because it leads to minor things snowballing into major things.
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It is just them testing the waters to start charging for other parts of healthcare and the slippery road to privatising the NHS. This is their big agenda and they and their mates want to get their grubby little paws on it.
 
Norman_Conquest said:
It is just them testing the waters to start charging for other parts of healthcare and the slippery road to privatising the NHS. This is their big agenda and they and their mates want to get their grubby little paws on it.
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Also it’s been made clear by the ‘Sceptics’ No trade deal until health care is on the table.
 
ForssAwakens said:
Do the nhs pay the gp for seeing patients?

They are ran as partnerships, the run the pharmacy element which is the bit they make money from.

If they have to medication to give do they still get paid for the patient?
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On the simplest level they get paid per patient registered. They are commissioned by a CCG and there are certain criteria they have to meet. They don't get paid for individual appointments but for being responsible for a geographical area. It's not a fixed a mount per patient because every area is different. Some practices will do extra things like procedures or they'll have specialist staff like physios working for them, out of hours services etc but the bulk of their income comes from the core contract.
 
The logic goes something like this.
If people pay for an appointment it will reduce the number of appointments.
And, it probably would.

Why?
Because those who have to be careful with their money will think twice about seeking medical help.
And, that is exactly what they want to happen.
I can have stomach pain, pay my appointment charge and get my diagnosis.
Those on the poverty line won’t….. and face the consequences.

It stinks and is wrong on so many levels.

Sadly, most can afford to pay for an appointment so it ‘isn’t an issue’???
 
1finny said:
The logic goes something like this.
If people pay for an appointment it will reduce the number of appointments.
And, it probably would.

Why?
Because those who have to be careful with their money will think twice about seeking medical help.
And, that is exactly what they want to happen.
I can have stomach pain, pay my appointment charge and get my diagnosis.
Those on the poverty line won’t….. and face the consequences.

It stinks and is wrong on so many levels.

Sadly, most can afford to pay for an appointment so it ‘isn’t an issue’???
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Of course, a lot of the time wasted by GPs is a result of Daily Mail articles telling people that spoons might give you cancer.
 
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