Reply to: New Tory Econimic Policy

[NotAllThere]

You believe that GPs are beyond corruption?
Oh you dear, dear naive boy.

Indeed. Read the early pages of "This is going to hurt" describing the ideal medical student (so far as universities are concerned). Who turned out to be Harold Shipman...

[vetran]

You believe that GPs are beyond corruption?
Oh you dear, dear naive boy.

Yes because people who can't afford their gas can manage to give the GP a nice little directorship.

[Zigenare]

same reason the CAB, jobcentre etc they are close to the problem.

Otherwise we get the covid grant style corruption.

You believe that GPs are beyond corruption?
Oh you dear, dear naive boy.

[vetran]

Why GPs though? is it some form of medical assessment? "ah yes Mr Jones, you are still perfectly fit to carry on living in an unheated dwelling, carry on, no pay out for now, come back when you get pneumonia, maybe then you'll get a £50 off electricity voucher".

same reason the CAB, jobcentre etc they are close to the problem.

Otherwise we get the covid grant style corruption.

[dsc]

Why GPs though? is it some form of medical assessment? "ah yes Mr Jones, you are still perfectly fit to carry on living in an unheated dwelling, carry on, no pay out for now, come back when you get pneumonia, maybe then you'll get a £50 off electricity voucher".

[Mordac]

It's hard enough to get a GP to do their actual job, let alone giving them more to do.

Exactly. I have a repeat prescription for gin and valium, if the doc has to sign off my gas bill as well, there's a terrible danger he might forget one of the really important ones...

[AtW]

This is also known as part of the 'Norman Tebbit' policy:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...-burden-on-nhs

Seems very sensible to me, only problem really is that Norman Tebbit proposed it

[vetran]

Similar for foodbanks plenty of recommends via Doctors.

[Paddy]

Like many other proposals it's a ploy to avoid pay-outs. The Tories make it very complicated to pay benefits but very easy to award multi-million pounds contract to their chums.

[ladymuck]

It's hard enough to get a GP to do their actual job, let alone giving them more to do.

[SueEllen]

Anyway GPs aren't playing ball -

https://www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-cen...elief-says-bma

[SueEllen]

Hopefully part of the policy is to educate illiterate people so they can, at the very least, start a thread off with a decent title let alone prop the country up.

The title -

Made you look Made you stare
Made you lose your underwear!

[northernladuk]

Hopefully part of the policy is to educate illiterate people so they can, at the very least, start a thread off with a decent title let alone prop the country up.

[darmstadt]

This is also known as part of the 'Norman Tebbit' policy:

GPs around England are to prescribe patients activities such as walking or cycling in a bid to ease the burden on the NHS by improving mental and physical health.
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The latest trial will focus specifically on boosting active travel and will take place in 11 local authority areas in England, including Cornwall, Bradford, and Leeds, with free bike loans, all-ability cycling taster days, and walking and cycling mental health groups among the pilot projects to be supported by the funding.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...-burden-on-nhs

[dsc]

There's one Tory policy which works, not sure why they don't use it more often, it's called "just don't be poor". Works for everyone in the government (and for their friends).

I love when politicians say "we are looking for solutions across the board" which roughly translates to "no idea what we are doing".