Hospital consultants should work weekends

[andy222]

If they had the time and the energy I suppose they would. Again it comes down to lack of funding and understaffing.

[Dedworth]

If they had the time and the energy I suppose they would. Again it comes down to lack of funding and understaffing.

The report predicts that changes will increase NHS costs in the short-term, but that the improvements in care could reduce costs in the long run.

Is there any understaffing amongst consultants Andy ? - the contracts allowing them not to work weekends should be ripped up