To think doctors surgeries should not close on Monday

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Just read NHS surgeries have been advised to close on Monday. All appoitmemts to be rescheduled. Or is it ok because it's now a bank holiday.

As above.

Given the state of the NHS and how many people have already had their operations cancelled or postponed because of the pandemic it doesn't feel like a great move to exacerbate the situation because of a funeral.

We're not living in a dictatorship in which we're all obliged to stand in the street and participate in mass 'mourning'. Life can, and should go on.

And for some people, having a vital operation postponed could mean the difference between life and death.

Agree that it's very hard when schools are closed. Does anyone know why wasn't Sunday chosen instead? It would have been far easier in families.

How would a Sunday be “far easier” for families? Everything would still be closed. Those working in emergency services or things connected to the funeral would still be working.

I mean, if you’re saying it will feel “hard” because schools are closed, why would a Sunday be “far easier”? Schools are closed Sundays too.

Practice Nurse here. Also would rather be working than squeeze a day's worth of patients into the rest of my week at such short notice. Plus yesterday was manic as Fridays before BH always are.
CCG (or whatever we're calling it now) said to close, it wasn't really up to us. I agree, OP, we should be open.

Surgeries being cancelled, Dr's exams postponed 4 months, food banks closed, flights cancelled..people's lives are hurting over this, why should people go hungry cos of a funeral?! Wtf is this?! The country has lost its mind

Agreed
I can imagine being furious if my flight was cut, my operation postponed or my wedding cancelled because of a funeral (that could have taken place on a weekend). Bonkers - still, we are paying ££Billions for this lunacy.............so that must make us all happy 🙄🙄

Why aren't people angrier that so many people rely on food banks in the first place?

That 12 years of the Conservative party in power has brought the NHS to a point where 1 day closed makes such a difference?

That BREXIT has meant the loss of so many qualified doctors & nurses

That BREXIT has meant the loss of so many care workers which has had increased bed blocking!

This is one of the biggest example of 'Look there's Squirrel' I have seen!

The Govt must absolutely be laughing their socks off!

Literally people saying that children will go to bed hungry because of a BANK Holiday!

Not the fucking Govt that has been in charge for the last 13 years!

I can't believe what I am reading!

Lots of zero hours and freelance/casual workers and self employed won't get paid for the day, THAT'S WHY their kids may go hungry. Millions of people don't get paid if they don't work.

Lots of zero hours and freelance/casual workers and self employed won't get paid for the day, THAT'S WHY their kids may go hungry. Millions of people don't get paid if they don't work.

Zero hours contracts is certainly an issue that should be dealt with by the government. Other governments have made them illegal.

I'm really sorry, that's very hard. I hope you get your op ASAP and make a swift recovery

Yep Zero hours contracts are on this Govt too & they are just about to start the biggest bonfire of Workers Rights we've ever seen!

So much complete rubbish. I wish I could saunter on. Instead of running 100miles an hour. You have absolutely no idea what a GP does every day.

I feel like it's a mini lockdown. There is nothing open - it feels like a day of propaganda - the country has not gone bonkers, they are being silenced.

Making zero hours contract illegal won't fix the problem - lots of companies say they no longer offer zero hours contracts, what they offer instead is 4 hour contracts - Clarks I'm looking at you!

It’s appalling, just like operations being cancelled and food banks not bring open as others have said. We didn’t need this bank holiday, just like we didn’t need those bloody expensive lockdowns.

How can a Bank Holiday be 'like a lock down' !

There's so much craziness on this site atm & it isn't the people mourning the Queen!

It was like Lockdown here. Not a single shop (corner shop to superstore) was open around us. Not a single branch of any food outlet. Not a single thing.

Same. Even fast food restaurants closed.

'It was like Lockdown here. Not a single shop (corner shop to superstore) was open around us. Not a single branch of any food outlet. Not a single thing.'

Not like a lock down then because all the supermarkets & corner shops were open! 🙄

Do you mean like Christmas Day or Easter Sunday?

5.2 Billion people watched the funeral today, 63% of the World's population, the largest single event watched or streamed in history!

How popular would employers have been if they made everyone go to work!

In my local hospital most appointments were carrying on as normal.

My Dd works zero hours - she had a day where she wasn’t getting paid and had no interest in the funeral - she’d have preferred to be at work earning money - actually so few people I know were bothered - the whole thing was weirdly controlling and totally overblown.