Gordon is a Moron

But I know he's a moron, Gordon is a moron, Gordon is a moron, Gordon is a moron.

I'm no Jilted John, but I might as well be.

I was married to the NHS, thought I'd spend my working life with her. But no more.

The incidious, creeping dismantling of the NHS is upon us. Oh no you say,but my GP is still there. Maybe but for how long?

The door of the NHS is wedged open, not the front door so far, but the side door, the one no-one would use. The tradesmans entrance opened by the foot of big business. The land that employs the Noctor, not the Doctor.

Why blame Gordon, he's new to the job, too busy checking his donations are above board to be fiddling with Primary care. We see 90% of the patients and consume 10% of the budgets. We'll be off his radar.

But no. Gordon is a moron.

Despite his protestations that 'top down pulling the lever soloutions are not always the ones that are going to work best' he decides to unilaterally change GP's working hours.

General Practice is populated with many young professional men and women with young children. Many work flexible hours already to accomodate childcare arrangements. How will they manage to find a childminder from 6pm until 8pm.

Yes but its only 3 hours per week. This year. Year on year there will be more pressure exerted until GP's can cope no more with Gordon demands.

Soon patients will be visiting their corporate healthcare premises, to see their many practitioners but will they see a GP.

'Mummy whats a GP?'