'Do you want 40 hours per week of GPs you know and trust, or 52.5 of assorted temporary staff? Which of these do you want for your child, or your elderly relative?' ✍️ Paul Evans writes for MetroOpinion
I looked up at the clock and it was 7pm.
Well, according to the British Medical Association, seeing more than 25 patients per day leads to decision fatigue and patient safety risks. I ask again: how safe do you feel? ‘It really started to affect our home life and it became normal really quickly. She became a shadowy figure in our lives. She was at work for 12 to 14 hours, and when she got home she was working,’ he said.
This is why I recently proposed at the England LMC Conference that surgery core opening hours be cut to eight hours per day, which would be 40 per week. I presume it is why this motion was passed by a majority of the GPs present.
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