GPs Set for Pay Rise Despite Providing ‘Poor but Expensive’ Service
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Christopher Snowdon writes for The Critic
Matthew Lesh writes for The Telegraph
Len Shackleton quoted in The Telegraph
Len said:
“GPs are currently providing a poor but expensive service and the Government should not allow itself to be blackmailed into paying significantly more without seeing real improvements.
“More generally, in many countries medical personnel are not allowed to strike. We may well wonder why police officers, facing danger and difficult working conditions on a regular basis, as we’ve seen again this week, cannot strike while doctors can.”
Read the full article in The Daily Telegraph (05/08/2024).