VOTE NOW- Sheffield NHS GP Surgery Services Have Your Say
Local / Sheffield Jun 14, 2009 - 05:50 AM GMTBy: N_Walayat
Sheffield's NHS GP services have recently been shaken up by the opening of a polyclinic or super surgery that aims to address the large gap between the quality of GP services and healthcare across the city, predominantly between that between affluent wards and deprived wards of the city.
On the National scene, GP's have attempted to halt the governments programme for the implementation of Polyclinics or ‘Super Surgeries', which included the British Medical Association (BMA) delivering a petition of more than 1 million signatures to Downing Street against the implementation of 150 ‘Super Surgeries' and for existing GP Surgeries to be protected.
The then Health Minister, Ben Bradshaw lashed out at the scare tactics accusing the BMA of "misleading and mendacious" behaviour in getting patients to sign up to the petition.
"I am not surprised the BMA has collected so many signatures, given the misleading and mendacious nature of its campaign.
"If I were to run a campaign making false claims that something terrible was about to happen, a lot of people would sign my petition too.
"We have received widespread anecdotal evidence of patients feeling pressurised to sign the petition as well as practices telling their patients blatant inaccuracies about local plans." he said.
An ongoing nationwide poll conducted by the market Oracle over the past 2 years has revealed the following results after some 1103 respondents to date.
More than 1/3rd of respondents are dissatisfied with NHS GP services across Britain, which the polyclinics hope to address. The reasons behind the deterioration in NHS GP services can be put at the foot of the 2003 GP contracts that has resulted in the tripling of GP pay whilst cut back on hours worked.
In the city of Sheffield itself, the Lib Dem's leader has voiced his concerns at the apparent 14 year gap in life expectancy between affluent and deprived wards of the city stating:
"It is an outrage that social mobility has slowed, not increased, under the Blair-Brown years. It is an outrage that in Sheffield, where I’m an MP, life expectancy in the poorest wards is a full 14 years below the life expectancy of those living in the wealthiest wards. Your life chances are now set by the circumstances of your birth as never before."
Therefore purpose of this local poll is aimed specifically at the people of Sheffield to gauge the quality of the GP services in the city and whether there is any difference between affluent and deprived wards.
Rate Your Sheffield NHS GP Surgery Quality of Service
- Affluent area - Good
- Affluent area - Poor
- Deprived area - Good
- Deprived area - Poor
Click here for results to date.
The results and analysis will be published on an ongoing basis.
Feel free to leave comments on your experience of Sheffield NHS GP Services.
By Nadeem Walayathttp://www.marketoracle.co.uk
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