In the Guardian today: GPs in England have voted in favour of taking limited forms of industrial action to protest against the government’s drive to force them to see patients face to face. The results led the profession’s new leader to warn ministers that “demoralised, broken and exhausted” family doctors may refuse to undertake some normal duties to show their anger. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/nov/25/gps-in-england-vote-in-favour-of-industrial-action Why only BMA England? Surely Scotland’s doctors are exhausted too? Their shop steward or ‘chief’, Lewis Morrison is often on the BBC telling us they are, based on no survey or not much of a survey: Could this from 2019… Read more Continue reading Why are Scottish GPs not voting for industrial action?

According to BBC Health but nowhere on the BBC Scotland website: The Royal College surveyed A&E departments across the UK between 8 and 14 November, receiving responses from 70 of about 230 units. During that week: 94% of clinical directors said that ambulances had been held outside their buildings at some point before patients could be taken into the hospital 61% said ambulances were being forced to queue every day About half of emergency departments said care had been provided to patients in non-medical areas such as corridors every day https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59422292 For once, I managed to get the data but… Read more Continue reading Royal College fails to find ambulances queuing outside Scottish hospitals