'A DANGEROUS System For Patients!' | Doctor Reacts To Wes Streeting NHS Plans

Talk's Mike Graham is joined by GP and CEO of Doncaster Local Dr Dean Eggit to address the future of the NHS.

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting has started discussions with junior doctors and has said he is "optimistic" that the dispute can be brought to an end.

Dr Eggit says the future of the NHS is "going to overwork doctors to the point of burnout" in response to Wes Streeting.

Mike Graham and Dr Eggit also discuss doctors not working five days a week which Dr Eggit says "it's not possible to work five days a week and maintain mental sanity" as a doctor.

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[steveelliott]

When I was growing up in the 50s and 60s on a big council estate there were many young families. The local GP ran a surgery every day. He did it on his own. He had no receptionist or assistant. If you needed a home visit he was the one who come out. If it was an emergency call he came out. When you went in the waiting room you found out who was last and waited your turn. I'm sure many people my age will have a similar story.

[oldcrow]

Over paid and underworked!! But are they taking on private patients on their time off?

[Enlthened]

What a load of tosh, 5 days to much, try 6 days like most do and much more tasking than a GP, what are we breeding???

[Anythinggoes-]

So pay him the pay structure a doctor has for the 3 days and the other 2 days pay him a secretarial wage see what happens then 😡🤬🤬🤬🤬

[suestewart-gf]

They don’t do home visits anymore, back in the day a doctor was always available. Please ask him how he feels about the Govts flooding the country with more patients ?

[neha]

He does not look to stressed to me. - plenty of time for two Tv interviews

[Aloh-odef]

This doctor claims it’s too mentally taxing!
Can’t possibly work for 5 days!

Strange because medical professionals in the military are required to do it every day for MONTHS.

Paramedics can work 5 days per week.
So can the police, and the fire service.

But he can’t possibly do 5 days!
Without falling apart 🙄

[davidwilson]

The man is a genius. He recovers from 'burn out' three times every week. Put him in charge of the UK's mental health services.
What an asinine comment. He either knows nothing about mental health and exhaustion, or does and is making a ridiculous claim.
Here is a solution. Instead of paying GPs (and they are privately employed, not NHS employees) for the number of patients registered with them, pay them for the actual work they do.

[Loki-Rosies-mom]

And yet as nurses we're expected to go on and work every hour God sends

[alidabotes]

All the executives of the NHS should be fired & staff like Matrons should be put in charge again. The execs cost far to much!

[EnglandAntiEstablishment]

My GPs surgery, they work 3 days NHS and at least 2 days private work but most people don't realise that it's going on . This GP is a good example of some of the excuses the GPs make, the greedy, lazy ones . Giving the GPs who are doing a 5 day week, a bad name which is unfair .

[KA-qglj]

GPs don’t do much work other than prescribing few basic medications and making referrals. I am puzzled by this doctor description of stressful work. You need to ask him what’s making stressful…😫😫 is it coming from staring at patients’ records….this fellow must be kidding…😂

[benmarr]

There is no way on earth he has made 150 decisions in 60 minutes. He doesn't have enough patients that he sees to suggest that is even vaguely true.

[scharliem]

Think about old times, when dedicated doctors thought more about their patients then about themselves……they worked many hours, often badly paid, and spent hours on home visits for the needy, often till late at night, many of them were trusted and treated like friends of the family….

[Isherwoodsounds]

GPs used to work 7 days a week. I think they have all gone soft. Lazy is the word.

[neha]

GP's used to work five days! whats the issue?

[adrianhaughton]

He's a very elevated idea of himself...

[benmarr]

So every Doctor until the last ten years was burnt out?

[caroldick]

Are patients waiting to be seen not burnt out by worry by what impact the wait is having on their health?

[graemetonks]

So what happened twenty years ago before Blair introduced the new contract for GPs. My friend who was a GP at the time wasn't burnt out however he did celebrate the new contract for several days as it gave him a huge pay rise and a three day week. Thanks Tony.😮