GPs today voted against a radical motion to slash their opening hours to between 9am and 5pm following a backlash over the ‘unacceptable’ plans.
Family doctors have, however, demanded the NHS introduces a safe working limit into their contracts.
Both controversial motions, leaked to the press last month, were fielded at a British Medical Association conference in York today.
GPs complained their workload is now ‘intolerable’ and that appointment limits were needed ‘before it’s too late’. They warned squeezing in