Anyone else feel a sense of impending doom that we’ll have a Labour government tomorrow?

Germanshepherdsmum

Iam64

I don’t mind my pension being hit to improve the nhs

Trouble is, you have no say in what your taxes are used for. The extra tax you pay might be used to pay the additional 300 planning officers for instance.

That's OK too, if it results in better planned communities.

I doubt it - it’s just to speed up the planning process.

Whitewavemark2

Labour

Democracy!

Primarily the opportunity to choose the leadership, and feed into party policy.

Reform does none of those things.

Yet.

The extra tax you pay might be used to pay the additional 300 planning officers for instance

GSM that would be fine. And if those additional officers speed up the planning process, also fine.

I realise we can’t itemise what our taxes are spent on. However, by having a government that is honest, decent and trustworthy, we can feel secure that our taxes will contribute to the betterment of the country. Unlike the previous government, who took high taxes yet decimated public services

OldFrill
There are many and various ways to improve GP services without recruiting doctors.
And those are . . .

For example, DH tried to get an appointment for a lesion which has appeared on his neck. He was “triaged” to the local pharmacy.

I stood and listened as the pharmacist asked, “Do you know what it is?

DH replied “I don’t but it’s worrying me”.
The pharmacist said . . .
wait for it . . .

I don’t know what it is either. Try this cream for a couple of weeks first.

The lesion is still there and more pronounced and there are no drs. appointments available at the moment.

The increasing use of practice/prescribing nurses is helping at our practice. They’re experienced nurses, have excellent listening and diagnostic skills. I’m waiting 3 weeks because I need. Doctor. It seems though they’re difficult to get, when you do see a GP you aren’t rushed out in 5 it 10 minutes.

I appreciate I can’t dictate where my taxes are spent. I’m more confident the current govt wants to redbuild nit destroy our public servuces

My main complaint, is how badly run and inefficient so many government services are.I don't mean government style efficiencies, which just mean reducing the money available but organisational inefficiency.

Last week I saw a doctor privately. He examined me and said I needed tests, sent me the link and said, when you have the dates for the test make anothe appointment to see me approximately 2 weeks later. I did just that and I have date for the tests and the follow up appointment.

Several months ago 111 sent me to A&E because I had palpitations and an irregular heart beat. I was told to go back to my GP and arrange to have a 24 hour cardiac monitor. The emergency doctor sent my GP a request for the test at the same time. I rang the surgery who said the GP would be in touch. He sent me a link to make an appointment for the monitor. I tried a number of times over the following month to make the appointment but always got a 'No appointment available, fully booked' message and no instructions what to do next. Then the code I had been given expired, so I contacted the surgery, made it very clear what test I was waiting. So they made an appointment to see a cardiac consultant. I told them I already had one, what I needed was a 24 hour monitor, as per hospital and doctor request. Silence.

Last week, with the consultant's appointment approaching fast, I made another attempt to get the monitor. This time I was told that they had spoken to the consultant and no monitor is required. I am more than willing to bet that when I see the consultant my heart will be behaving perfectly and he will say that he wants me to have a 24 hour monitor and then to see me again.

Can anyone see how much more efficient the second problem would be with a bit of joined up thinking?