Re: NHS seven day working
The 5 day NHS needs to end.
People get ill and need care 7 days a week.
The fact that Doctors and Consultants are not compelled to work accross a 7 day shift pattern is disgusting and patients suffer.
My partner works in the NHS and as a nurse HAS to work at weekends. It's like a ghost town where she works and they simply cant cope. If a Doctor does decide to do a shift he/she gets mega bucks,
Every NHS worker needs to work a 5 day shift pattern across 7 days over 24 hrs. It's not difficult is it?
There's plenty of money in the NHS ( better funded now than ever before) and there are more staff employed now than ever before.
These new shift patterns would save vast amounts in overtime pay, temporary staff cover and premium rates paid to GP's and junior doctors for extra shifts.
Expensive Scanners etc would be less likely to be sitting idle and patients ( Let's not forget them) would have access to the best Health workers and the best facilities 24 hrs a day , 7 days a week.