tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post8646655556872551392..comments2024-03-14T09:50:40.819+00:00Comments on Dr Grumble: Friends in high placesDr Grumblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417731064007601504noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-48998885632690290922008-10-01T17:09:00.000+01:002008-10-01T17:09:00.000+01:00Not according to Drs Rant or Crippen, or Jobbing D...Not according to Drs Rant or Crippen, or Jobbing Doctor, anonymous - I have learnt to trust the views of these elder statesman far more than NuLab apologists like Dr Colin-Thome, or his robot loving partner, Lord Darzi.<BR/><BR/>The single most important reason the NHS achieved the outcomes it did for so long [despite decades of underfunding if we compare the UK to France, Germany, Switzerland and certainly the USA] was because of the incredible service provided by GPs.<BR/><BR/>Why on earth would any sane person want to meddle with this winning formula - I really don't understand it, and neither do many of my colleagues in A&E.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-36522329753871711822008-10-01T16:25:00.000+01:002008-10-01T16:25:00.000+01:00It is odd that those in charge think that polyclin...It is odd that those in charge think that polyclinics are right for London when in London nobody has to go that far to a hospital. Does any of this make sense?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-46525503210245136132008-10-01T15:24:00.000+01:002008-10-01T15:24:00.000+01:00The man is completely off his trolley. The BMA wo...The man is completely off his trolley. The BMA would not have managed to get the support of so many patients if they (the patients) didn't think that polyclinics were a bad idea. And to make those comments to a room full of GPs just shows how completely out of touch he is with reality, when said GPs warned the government that the new contract in 2004 would mean worse care than was being provided at the time, but what can you expect from someone who has decided to stop being a doctor and become a politician's puppet instead.madsadgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406362172304786268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-74714105613188537072008-10-01T15:17:00.000+01:002008-10-01T15:17:00.000+01:00If GPs offer 250 million annual consultations, I a...If GPs offer 250 million annual consultations, I assume London's polyclinics will soon grow to the size of terminals 1,2,3,4, & 5 at Heathrow ?<BR/><BR/>Mind you, we are NOT going to have polyclinics outside London.<BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7607194.stm<BR/><BR/>Everybody clear ?<BR/>Good........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-23492149780446917732008-10-01T15:14:00.000+01:002008-10-01T15:14:00.000+01:00Well, if he is really out of touch, I suppose so.Well, if he is really out of touch, I suppose so.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06847149482684623481noreply@blogger.com