There has been a lot of scrutiny in regards to the NHS and the staff crisis in recent times. The health service's regulator has allegedly stated that locum workers were being “unprofessional” by leaving hospitals in dilemma as they were being offered a high wage elsewhere.
Jim Mackey has supposedly said that doctors and nurses are exploiting a staffing crisis in the NHS by pinching out “extortionate rates” for agency work.
While the NHS may seem short staffed, there are people who make GP appointments only to miss them and do not cancel them promptly. According to a poll of 507 people by the pharmaceutical company, Astellas, 7 out of 10 people support fining people who miss their medical appointments.
Chairwoman of the Royal College of GPs, Dr Maureen Baker, agreed that missed appointments were in fact frustrating for doctors, but she believes that charging patients “is not the answer”.
