BMA polls GPs on extended hours and private provision

doi:10.1136/bmj.39496.713229.DB

BMJ 2008;336:410 (23 February), doi:10.1136/bmj.39496.713229.DB

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BMA polls GPs on extended hours and private provision

Adrian O’Dowd

¹ Margate

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GPs are being asked by the BMA to comment on government healthpolicy and on new private providers in general practice as partof an ongoing argument over extended hours.

This week the BMA launched a poll of its GP members on the twooptions put forward by the government to extend opening hoursin general practice.

But it has also included several other political questions inthe poll, which is thought likely to annoy the government andwhich indicates that relations are still frosty between thetwo sides.

Although the BMA is unhappy about either option, it has urgedits members to choose the government’s first option asthe lesser of two evils. Under this option GPs’ surgerieswould be open for an extra 30 minutes a week per 1000 registeredpatients, after 6 30 pm or before 8 am or on a Saturday morning(BMJ 2008;336:351 doi: . . . [Full text of this article]

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