Waiting times in the NHS had been dropping since the 1990s but the rules limiting junior doctors to a 48-hour week, which were implemented last August, had reversed the trend. Thousands more patients were now waiting longer than 18 weeks for surgery.
Ministers were seeking to renegotiate Britain’s position on the European Working Time Directive, including a possible opt-out for NHS staff. The Royal College of Surgeons carried out the first comprehensive analysis of how the directive had affected waiting times.
Surely this misses the point. We should opt out altogether and stop the EU butting into our business and ruining the NHS. However, we should also revamp the NHS for staff, Management and who is using the service, especially parasites from abroad!!!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7924278/NHS-waiting-lists-rise-after-doctors-hours-cut.html
A friend of mine recently was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. From the time of visiting the Doctor to her operation in Holland, took just 2.1/2 weeks. admittedly, it was private but in holland they have a combination of Free and private which depends on your salary. Even if it is free, this is linked to your registering as a legal person and you carry a health card.So if you are a UK citizen you can have an E111 card from the NHS to get it free, but again there has to be proof. Seems reasonable to me!!
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