Whom does public trust?
13 June 2008
kamal Sidhu, GP Sunderland
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Remarks made by the health secretary are entirely inappropriate for the situation and least expected to help the situation. Time and again, it has been shown that the public trust in politicians is hardly of any standing when compared to how much trust they have in their doctor.We as doctors are more than four times more trustworthy. There is no evidence behind the proposed changes. Patients do not want it.Doctors do not want it.I fail to understand how many of the surgeries will not close.Nobody wants it. At this crucial time when NHS is undergoing sea change(almost all of them controversial and embarked upon without taking on board, the profession itself), we do expect invitation to engage rather than alienating the profession further. It seems that government has simply been baffled by public response.I feel there is more to come. No one disagrees that access needs to be improved but this is not certainly the way forward. When dreams are alike, why take different tracks.But,who listens.
Competing interests: I am a GP offended by accustaions.
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