Comments on Dr Rant: I don't have time to see patients.

GP sends away patients to work 17 hours straight t...

2008-03-12T18:19:00.000Z

GP sends away patients to work 17 hours straight to boost his income! Call the Daily Mail!

Seriously though, people who insist GPs should be open longer hours need to be forced to compare the hours they work to the hours their doctors work before opening their mouths.

I love my job, but not leaving the office for nearly 36 hours? Jesus wept.

That could be a problem isnt it? I guess so, cose ...

2008-03-12T12:37:00.000Z

That could be a problem isnt it? I guess so, cose if youre a doctor and you dont have time...that what happen in Spain with the public services...regards

I've got a committee to run, and a conference to a...

2008-03-11T21:15:00.000Z

I've got a committee to run, and a conference to attend, and an appraisal or several to do.

Should I join the twaterati? Perhaps I already have.

Actually mucking about with computers and committees is as well paid as seeing patients and much, much easier. You can see why some doctors escape into such work. It's the ultimate way of exception reporting ourselves from all our patients.

But we can talk such a good line in patient centredness, and quality control.