Comments on: NHS weekend culture has to change http://blog.jonathanmorganam.com/2009/10/29/nhs-weekend-culture-has-to-change/ “I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.” (George HW Bush – US President 1988-1992) Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:05:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: jon osborne http://blog.jonathanmorganam.com/2009/10/29/nhs-weekend-culture-has-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-61 jon osborne Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:27:57 +0000 http://blog.jonathanmorganam.com/?p=54#comment-61 Running a weekend non emergency service will be expensive in terms of hiring all the support staff required at weekend rates and employing more doctors. At the moment we understand NHS Wales is in serious deficit, with beds being cut like topsy. Wheres all the extra money coming from? Running a weekend non emergency service will be expensive in terms of hiring all the support staff required at weekend rates and employing more doctors. At the moment we understand NHS Wales is in serious deficit, with beds being cut like topsy. Wheres all the extra money coming from?

]]> By: Paul Flynn http://blog.jonathanmorganam.com/2009/10/29/nhs-weekend-culture-has-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Paul Flynn Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:55:00 +0000 http://blog.jonathanmorganam.com/?p=54#comment-57 The current consultant contract does not prevent consultants working planned sessions at evenings and weekends and some of us already do. When I have suggested doing evening sessions, for example, I have been told that the problem is the support services. When I did get an evening clinic off the ground, many of my patients were unhappy as the public transport provision where they lived was poor after 6pm and we sometimes had to pay for a taxi to get them home. Likewise with discharges, you can have as many consultants around as you want but unless you also have the social workers and the ambulance service running a full service all week then very little will change. The current consultant contract does not prevent consultants working planned sessions at evenings and weekends and some of us already do.

When I have suggested doing evening sessions, for example, I have been told that the problem is the support services. When I did get an evening clinic off the ground, many of my patients were unhappy as the public transport provision where they lived was poor after 6pm and we sometimes had to pay for a taxi to get them home.

Likewise with discharges, you can have as many consultants around as you want but unless you also have the social workers and the ambulance service running a full service all week then very little will change.

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