08-18-2016, 06:28 PM
The Liberal Party notes with great sadness that the doctor's professional body, the BMA, is advocating a resumption of industrial action in response to government plans to change working hours and pay rates in the NHS.
The origins of this dispute lay in the Conservative government's desire to impose high street shopping style opening hours on hospitals, extending doctors standard working hours into Saturdays, whilst offering modest salary incentives as compensation.
Doctors, many of whom work long, arduous hours naturally have a right to have objections to such plans, some of which do relate to loss of salary. There are also questions over the realistic implementation of these changes when many hospital trusts are already under serious financial strains, with increasingly unsustainable demands of A&E services.
The Conservative parties default approach to almost all public sector disputes, be it nurses, teacher, the police and now medical professionals remains confrontational and to shout loudly, whilst claiming public support for the availability of medical services as a on demand service however impractical.
The Liberal Party calls for a more constructive and realistic debate on opening hours and hourly rates. The Liberal Part points towards its own Health & Wellbeing program as a first step towards a more realistic provision of services to the public.
The origins of this dispute lay in the Conservative government's desire to impose high street shopping style opening hours on hospitals, extending doctors standard working hours into Saturdays, whilst offering modest salary incentives as compensation.
Doctors, many of whom work long, arduous hours naturally have a right to have objections to such plans, some of which do relate to loss of salary. There are also questions over the realistic implementation of these changes when many hospital trusts are already under serious financial strains, with increasingly unsustainable demands of A&E services.
The Conservative parties default approach to almost all public sector disputes, be it nurses, teacher, the police and now medical professionals remains confrontational and to shout loudly, whilst claiming public support for the availability of medical services as a on demand service however impractical.
The Liberal Party calls for a more constructive and realistic debate on opening hours and hourly rates. The Liberal Part points towards its own Health & Wellbeing program as a first step towards a more realistic provision of services to the public.