suziewoozie
NellG
Pretty much what Riverwalk said. This mass vaccination is an additional service, it can't be rolled out as a favour or an act of charity by GP practices. I dislike that the media reports these things as if GPs are pocketing a tenner like some kind of tip or bonus.
And the ill informed deliberately divisive reporting by the media of this issue leads directly to ill informed threads being started on here. The effort that GP practices and the rest of the NHS has put into
this amazing roll out is deserving of nothing but our praise and thanks not mean minded carping based on no knowledge whatsoever of how GP practices work and are financed.
Well said SuzieWoozie, NellG and all those pointing out the extra cost the practice has to find to provide these services.
As for the OP’s assumption that because the surgeries are nearly empty, there is less work going on, I have rarely read such ill informed nonsense. The doctors at the surgery I use are doing phone and video consultations all day as well as seeing patients in the surgery. All the staff are working really hard at keeping everybody safe. I had an appointment at the surgery last week and was really impressed by the care and organisation that has gone into that.