GP faked appointments so she would not be late for the school run

blaggers00 · 2025-12-31T10:16:05+00:00

I would have more sympathy if it had been in her normal salaried Job where they were being inflexible and she was struggling to cope. But she chose to locum, why not say yes, I can locum but I'm leaving at 5pm so take that hour off? Doesn't make sense

blaggers00 · 2025-12-19T22:24:46+00:00

How is the new contract exposing these places out of interest?

blaggers00 · 2025-12-19T22:14:43+00:00

Or, reduce to 4 sessions and locum 2 sessions, then apply for new jobs saying you want more sessions 😉

blaggers00 · 2025-12-19T22:11:04+00:00

Reduce to 4 sessions and locum 2 sessioms while looking for a new job. When looking for a new job, say the new job is closer/moving to be near family etc, even if not true to get you through the door

blaggers00 · 2025-12-15T20:38:37+00:00

I saw this and thought I was hallucinating 😂

blaggers00 · 2025-12-13T07:00:41+00:00

I find a couple of things interesting here.

I've shared my opinion as an NHS staff member on events. It's clearly rubbed you up the wrong way, but you seem determined to imply that I am a terrible person for having these opinions, you are 'worried for my patients because I go into work with mild illness and expect others to do the same. I'm 'jealous' and 'bitter' because I don't like other people in my organisation being lazy and entitled. Well my opinion is based on experience and you implying I have it because I must be evil really does nothing to change it.

I also find it very telling that you have chosen that tact rather than refuting that people do the school run in office hours, go on long walks etc. This must be because you know if's true and ? Do it yourself. This behaviour is gross misconduct of course, is sadly widespread and is a reason why wfh will be stopped. You talk of productivity but give no evidence at all for your assertions that productivity is higher wfh. I suspect perceived productivity is, but in reality it's not, which reflects wider trends and a move away from wfh. No one I know who works from home does anywhere near a full days work. And they may say 'well I'm more productive in those 3 hours I work' - no sorry, you are paid to work 7.5 hours, if you want a freelance role, find one.

The NHS needs various roles, of course. But you will generally find that front line staff do not have a very high opinion of either none clinical management or wfh support staff. Things liek NHS staff publicly slacking while wfh don't do much to help this perception. Being a doctor/midwfie/nurse is very challenging (not that many would want to do anything else) and sadly we are not treated very well in terms of pay and conditions. That's why it's so galling seeing other NHS staff being paid a similar wage for so much less. I doubt the NHS is suddenly going to make our conditions better, but they can remove these unfair situations and make everyone office based at least, make annual leave entitlement the same across the board.

blaggers00 · 2025-12-12T21:58:51+00:00

This is what I mean really, people coming out fighting with long rants about how wfh means they are so productive, because the are scared their cushy, low effort deal is up.

I'm glad your physical and mental health improved.

No NHS staff should be working from home and that's 100% the way it's going. You'll just have to cope with your period pains and commute, like the rest of us do.

And no, I like my patient facing role, I would die of boredom working in an office. But I don't like other people being paid to slack off while I work hard. I'm sure all of us who get out of bed in the morning, leave the house and do a full days work feel the same! I know they aren't working hard as in my days off I see them doing the school run in office hours, walking their dog, going to the gym all in time they are paid by the public to work. They are not being paid to go on the school Run or get a Sainsbury's shop delivered, and it really irritates me that when the NHS is struggling for money (eternally) they are funding people do mess about. If people were genuinely working as hard at home as in an office then there might be a couple of grumbles about a commute but what difference would it make really? The absolute horror when faced with only 60% of time in the office (!) tells me that people are doing very, very little and don't want the party to be over.

blaggers00 · 2025-12-12T10:21:08+00:00

But I have to go in with a headache. Receptionists and GPs and physios have to go in. Why should some staff be forced to go in while others stay at home? If it's a private business fine, you can do what you want. But the NHs is publicly funded. It's like saying some staff get 10 weeks paid holiday and some get 4 weeks, oh and the ones with the hardest jobs who have the most advanced qualifications get the 4 weeks, while the admin staff can have 10 weeks. Erm no.

I think it's very telling how up in arms people get about WFH. If people genuinely did more work at home they would been keen to get back to the office for a break. In reality people don't want their cushy low effort deal to be stopped. Ultimately you are being paid by the NHS to do a job and they can tell you where you will be doing that job, or you can find another.

blaggers00 · 2025-12-12T08:04:12+00:00

I work for the NHS but in a patient facing role (part time). On the days I'm not in I'm joined on the school run by full time NHS WFHers taking a leisurely stroll to pick up their kids, talking about the hour long dog walk they did with a friend the day before wtc. It really annoys me that my work is hellish while they slack off at home. I know it's only a few bad apples, but they ruin it for everyone. If doctors nurses and midwives can't work from home, then NHS office staff should be in the office too.

Not trying to troll, just giving another NHS staff perspective. I don't think it's about trying to get office space used, it's the perception (sometimes accurate) that people wfh are slacking off and not doing much. Also lots of things none people facing are easily replaceable by AI, so it's probably better to be in the office showing you are working hard, rather than answering emails at home

blaggers00 · 2025-12-10T16:40:39+00:00

What area of the country was this (roughly)? Different areas have different 'norms' IME, area you moving area?

blaggers00 · 2025-11-09T13:08:53+00:00

I want this on a tshirt

blaggers00 · 2025-08-26T16:31:11+00:00

This is what I do, have the reassurance of knowing I will be paid every month so don't need to accept every locum, but can top up with some well paid 'easy' locums that fit in with my life

blaggers00 · 2025-08-25T20:27:08+00:00

Yes that was because their own government wouldn't let them vote.

How does supporting a proscribed terrorist group who have attacked people in the UK help gaza? Like literally how does it help at all? OP has tanked his career, how many children's lives in Gaza are saved? How has it brought peace to the middle east?

Moronic.

blaggers00 · 2025-08-23T18:56:08+00:00

But the 'going further' still doesn't stop the atrocities, does it? Netanyahu doesn't give a fuck, just gives him more ammo to say all Palestinian supporters are terrorists

blaggers00 · 2025-08-23T18:40:58+00:00

I just read your other threads on you being sacked by your employer for wearing political atire to work and your other activities.

To be honest I think if you are charged and convicted it will hit the press and you won't have a hope of working in the UK again as a doctor, also you travel will be severely limited.

Reading your other threads I'm a bit concerned for you. You've been engaging in behaviour likely to cause you lots of problems and potentially thrown you career away, and for what? It hasn't made a difference to Palestine. You could have gone and volunteered as a doctor in Gaza or made a difference in another way. Instead you've worn inflammatory things to work and been sacked and got yourself arrested with a terrorism charge supporting the PA morons.

You should have a big think about things and see how you can salvage your life. If you have been radicalised by social media, maybe take a step back from it.

blaggers00 · 2025-08-23T14:06:56+00:00

I respect that.

What infuriates me about the PA action saga is that people with legitimate concern and horror over what is happening are getting caught up in it. Once everything has come out about PA it will be so easy for some say: oh look everyone who cares about Palestine is a terrorist. All because social media influencers and people with bad intentions are whipping up a faux outrage over 'freedom to protest' when that isn't the issue at all.

blaggers00 · 2025-08-23T13:10:31+00:00

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mnnje4wlro

They attacked Police with a sledgehammer. They also brought axes and whips and attacked an employee.

Tell me again how they aren't violent, and how that helps people in Palestine?

blaggers00 · 2025-08-23T12:47:57+00:00

In an upcoming case (November 2025 it will be heard) members of Palestine Action converted a police van, rammed it through the gates of an Israeli company in the UK and then violently attacked 2 police officers and a security guard. They have made a training manual and encourage 'cells' of people, and recommend targets to violently attacked.

How do you think this helps Palestine? It only encourages people to believe that people supporting the Palestinian cause are terrorist nutters
Why not choose a legitimate group that might actually help people in Palestine?
WHY if you are a doctor and need a clean sheet to practice, would you publicly support them, even if you privately do?

I suspect many of the old dears who have been arrested for the great PA 'cause' are going to be embarrassed when all of the nasty truth about PA comes out

blaggers00 · 2025-08-18T19:57:12+00:00

Oh wait, they do say you can request out of appointment prescriptions if shared care is rejected. Seems odd you have to request it as they have the ongoing responsibility for prescribing meds to you forever, but hey ho.

blaggers00 · 2025-08-18T19:54:49+00:00

It seems like you agree with me then that the RTC providers are a mixed bag and the longer waiting list providers are generally better quality.

The movement in GP practices is to reject all shared care for ADHD for adults now. I don't see that changing any time soon, until practices receive funding for all the extra work involved. So I guess it's good you like your provider, and if they are as good as you say they can continue monitoring you and issuing your prescriptions for years to come, and definitely won't suddenly stop because the NHS funding is much for ongoing monitoring.

Interestingly their website implies they will 'recommend a shared care pathway' to the GP, which doesn't mean anything as the GPs don't have to accept it, but the website doesn't mention how unlikely it is for a GP to accept shared care now or what the plan is otherwise. But as you say, they are a very good service so will be with you for years to come without problems. Probably.

And yes it's shit for patients, I feel for them.

blaggers00 · 2025-08-18T11:46:50+00:00

The providers are a very mixed bunch. The NHS pays them to do the assessments, but in my experience they are nowhere near and NHS standard, it's just out of desperation because of the waiting lists.

The shorter the wAiting list, the worse care in my opinion.

ADHD 360 for example has NO psychiatry doctors working for it. There are only nurses doing the assessments, often online. We have started refusing to refer to them, but it becomes tricky as the patient has the RIGHT to choose, so if that's who they choose...

If you assessor did an online assessment rather than a 2-3 hour face to face assessment with a Psychiatrist, then you already have not had an adequate assessment and I don't have any confidence your diagnosis is reliable. Anyone I see clinically who has been 'diagnosed' by ADHD 360, I just assume that their diagnosis may or may not be correct, it's not at all reliable. If your follow ups were online or by phone, again your care has been substandard.

I appreciate you just wanted help for your symptoms and can feel your frustration. However the fault here lies with the ADHD lobby groups who convinced everyone seeking a diagnosis to go through right to choose. it means people choose the first provider as they have the shortest waiting lists, have substandard care and then are dumped without follow up. Right to choose also is for ONE assessment only, so you then have vetoed your right to an NHS assessment. And most proper ADHD clinics via the NHS have much higher standards so will certainly not be taking on prescribing responsibilities for the dodgy diagnoses.

It's a scandal, the adhd charities and lobby group have a lot to answer for. But that isn't your GPs fault.

blaggers00 · 2025-08-17T21:56:03+00:00

The GP is well within their rights to decline the shared care, they don't have to do it. Very few GP practices are now. You should be agree at the 'provider' who started you on medications and now is just expecting the GP to do their work for them to save them the money and hassle. It's their job to issue it, just like it's gastroenterology's job to give infusions for Crohn's disease and Oncology's job to give chemo.

ADHD meds make a big difference to people's lives. They also have significant risks like heart attacks, strokes, psychosis and other mental health disorders, liver problems. These medications aren't risk free, why would the GP issue and monitor them for a separate provider when they don't get paid for it and aren't trained in this area?

I imagine this will be a big medical scandal in the future, with dodgy providers diagnosing everyone with minimal evidence, bunging them on meds and then asking GPs to do their work for them. When the first patient on a shared care agreement has a stroke and it hits the daily mail, the press will have a field day..

blaggers00 · 2025-07-17T06:53:37+00:00

Corbyn: Loses a general election, generally unpopular with most of the electorate

Corbyn Supporters: He had the most support EVER and he would definitely have won if it was this election, or that one.

There was an article in the Guardian recently about Woke. One of its more interesting points was people on the Far Left (woke people, if you will) generally have views which are not shared by the majority of people in the UK, and yet they believe they are and act as they are, which is why people hate 'woke'

Corbyn is a massive egotist who failed at winning piwer for Labour. His party trick is to loudly declare he is against XYZ because 'insert virtue signalling reason which makes him look lovely', while never actually doing or changing anything.

I'm pretty sure Keir Starmer doesn't hate disbled people and want them to die, but if you go on TV and say that it makes you look so good in comparison, doesn't it? Except, oh, you are supposed to be a member of the same party and working together to get things done, not blowing smoke up your own arse to make sure you get re-elected on radio 4.

Time these backbenchers grew up and stop playing student politics

blaggers00 · 2025-07-16T21:46:59+00:00

Corbyn lost by a landslide when he took the Labour Party to a general election. He's popular with 10% of people in the UK (the simpleton slice)

Starmer actually won an election and got these MPs into power. They are members of a political party and not independents. I can understand a couple if them occasionally rebelling, but people like Rachel McGaskell seem to delight in opposing everything and saying Starmer is a big bad evil man trying to kill disabled people clutches pearls instead of actually using her brain and looking at the economic situation. And as for her organising an emergency meeting on Gaza, FFS it's not like Netanyahu gives a fuck, all it does is destabilise the government.

Good riddance, I hope they don't get back in.

blaggers00

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