Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant'
21st June 2012, 10:49
Oddly enough, I had a docs appointment this morning and was seen.
The first industrial action by doctors for almost 40 years is under way.
British Medical Association members across the UK are boycotting non-urgent care in a dispute over pensions.
Routine hospital appointments and non-emergency operations will be affected, while GPs are also taking part.
The scale and the extent of the disruption to patients is not yet clear, although doctors have promised not to target emergency care.
Much will depend on how many doctors take part.
Every day the NHS carries out about 36,000 non-emergency operations and 240,000 hospital appointments as well as seeing 1.5m people in GP surgeries.
The BMA has over 100,000 members - about two-thirds of the profession.
(More at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18523896)
The first industrial action by doctors for almost 40 years is under way.
British Medical Association members across the UK are boycotting non-urgent care in a dispute over pensions.
Routine hospital appointments and non-emergency operations will be affected, while GPs are also taking part.
The scale and the extent of the disruption to patients is not yet clear, although doctors have promised not to target emergency care.
Much will depend on how many doctors take part.
Every day the NHS carries out about 36,000 non-emergency operations and 240,000 hospital appointments as well as seeing 1.5m people in GP surgeries.
The BMA has over 100,000 members - about two-thirds of the profession.
(More at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18523896)