Being ill is not a does not follow office hours of 9 til 5, so there should be access to a doctor 'outside of office hours'. The Governement recently re-negotiated doctors' contract's and doctors agreed to work more for a substantial increase in pay. Most got an extra �20,000 but unfortunately for us, they did not undertake any extra hours. The contracts were so badly drafted, that they have got away with a massive fraud.
Instead of making the doctors do what they agreed to, a senario is now being proposed where they will only see you if you can stuff thier grubby mits with fivers (x 4).
In France, doctors are paid a quarter of what we pay them, and the service they provide is far superior.