Consultants’ contracts: could do better

Doctors complain about the inconvenience when their children’s schools close for teacher training. The logic runs like this: why can’t this training be done during their generous holiday period, and, anyway, how much does teaching actually change year to year? And why don’t teachers run after school activities anymore?⇑

I suppose these frustrations are down to teachers’ contracts. And now doctors also have new contracts. General practitioners gave up responsibility for out of hours care and got a pay rise. Today general practitioners are criticised …