Unsung heroes (From York Press)
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Unsung heroes
1:02pm Saturday 23rd June 2012 in Letters
WHILE not wishing to enter the debate on the strike by GPs, the majority of whom do a fantastic job, I did want to highlight the plight of other caring professionals who find it less easy to garner public attention.
Carers work around the clock in all weathers and all times of the year – including Bank Holidays, Christmas and Easter. They do a tough and challenging job, bringing vital care to help people retain their quality of life, independence and dignity.
And they do all this for extremely modest pay or in some cases no pay at all. They rarely grumble and never resort to industrial action.
Isn’t it time that as a society we recognised these unsung heroes and many others like them and put proper funding into social care to enable them to be properly rewarded for a job well done and appreciated by hundreds of thousands of people?
Mike Padgham, Chair, Independent Care Group (York and North Yorkshire) Eastway, Eastfield, Scarborough.
Comments(2)
Matt_S
says...
6:36pm Sat 23 Jun 12
newscritic wrote:Your final sentence may be true, but that is because medicine is really rather complicated. There are always going to be errors made (though over-prescription of antibiotics is not a clinical error as such, but rather GPs succumbing to patient pressure to 'do something' to make them better).
Where is your evidence that the majority of GP's do a fantastic job?
Do they not constrict their opening hours Monday to Friday and between limited daily opening and closing hours?
The GP surgery system is not fit for purpose as it does not offer health care 24/7 over 365 days.
Carers should be much better supported and professional carers employed by the NHS.
But of course the health and well being of people needs cash and politicians would rather let over £100 billion of tax be avoided each year than invest in the NHS fully.
Why do they deserve a £140,000 lump sum on retirement at age 60?
GP's are often in the news for mis-diagnosis, wrong prescrition of drugs, unnecessary prescription of medicine.
I do think doctors and GPs especially are somewhat overpaid. We should reduce their pensions and redistribute the savings to careworkers.
newscritic says...
1:29pm Sat 23 Jun 12
Do they not constrict their opening hours Monday to Friday and between limited daily opening and closing hours?
The GP surgery system is not fit for purpose as it does not offer health care 24/7 over 365 days.
Carers should be much better supported and professional carers employed by the NHS.
But of course the health and well being of people needs cash and politicians would rather let over £100 billion of tax be avoided each year than invest in the NHS fully.
Why do they deserve a £140,000 lump sum on retirement at age 60?
GP's are often in the news for mis-diagnosis, wrong prescrition of drugs, unnecessary prescription of medicine.