I watched some of the debate on the The Health and Social Care Bill in parliament last evebing.<\/p>\n
I was shocked (yes, honestly - I mean shocked) by the Conservative's lies.<\/p>\n
The Health Minister for example claimed quality was the basis for competition on the basis of the NHS price tariff - he did so twice - and ignored the fact that he's abolishing the tariff that ensures this is the case.<\/p>\n
But more interesting is news I heard yesterday that quite a number of GP practices are simply refusing to engage with the issue of setting up GP consortia for commissioning.<\/p>\n
They say there is no law yet.<\/p>\n
They say they have not been consulted.<\/p>\n
They say they do not have the skills.<\/p>\n
They say this will prejudice patient care.<\/p>\n
They say they cannot fulfil the obligation to provide GP services and do this.<\/p>\n
They say they will be in breach of contract if they don't supply those services.<\/p>\n
And as a result they're just saying no.<\/p>\n
It will only take GPs to do this for the whole system to fall over.<\/p>\n
I hope enough have the courage to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"