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ENRIK Dibbern, the chairman of the doctor’s union PLO, has called on doctors to give up their contracts with the regional health authorities if a planned reform of the working conditions of general practitioners (GPs) comes to fruition. Last week, the association of health authorities, Danske Regioner, said it
would not renew the current collective bargaining agreement after nine months of failed talks with PLO. The government swiftly introduced a law that would force GPs to accept the new conditions. It also extended the current collective bargaining until September 2014, giving both sides an extra year to continue the negotiations. GPs are not standing down, however, and many have announced that they will follow Dibbern’s advice and stop working for the health regions. Speaking to Ritzau, economics professor Jes Søgaard predicted that patients may have to fork out anywhere between 300 and 900 kroner for a consultation with doctors not employed by the state. Doctors in Amager have even threat-
ened to work in Sweden if the reforms are passed. Sixty-six of the around 100 members of Amager’s doctors’ guild, Amager Lægelaug, attended a meeting on Monday, at which 63 voted to end their contracts with the health authority. According to Trine Jeppesen, the chairman of Amager Lægelaug, the doctors could work for a higher wage and earn more money if they worked in Sweden. “Up until now, health regions, councils and GPs were equals in the planning process, deciding which jobs to take, how to do the job, and how much it should cost,” Jeppesen said. “The law removes our influence over how to run our clinics. We cannot accept that.” GPs run private clinics and are paid
by the health regions according to the amount of work and number of patients that they see. Danske Regioner now wants GPs to be more integrated into the health service, provide more standardised care and services to patients, and gather more detailed information about their services and the issues facing their patients. The regions also want to be able to dictate where new clinics open. Currently, GPs can veto the locations set by the health authorities. Danske Regioner argues that this has led to a dearth of clinics in unattractive areas of the country, often in regions with social problems that also suffer from higher than average
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Thorning-Schmidt under increasing pressure to make changes to dagpenge system
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Shooting suspect ID’ed Musa Ozcan Sevim is suspected in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Sohail Hamza in Tinbjerg
5 NEWS
Just call me Pelé Copenhageners support proposed cannabis legalisation trial, but the provinces aren’t as keen on it
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German rail takeover?
The Holbæk goal-hanger who hammed it up with the stars in ‘Escape to Victory’
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Conflict intensifies as GPs threaten to leave health service PETER STANNERS
DSB wary of new EU rules that would open up country’s railway system to foreign businesses
17
GPs say it won’t be worth working for health authorities if they lose influence over how and where to run their clinics and how much to charge for their services
H
9 771398 100009
Price: 25 DKK
ENRIK Dibbern, the chairman of the doctor’s union PLO, has called on doctors to give up their contracts with the regional health authorities if a planned reform of the working conditions of general practitioners (GPs) comes to fruition. Last week, the association of health authorities, Danske Regioner, said it
would not renew the current collective bargaining agreement after nine months of failed talks with PLO. The government swiftly introduced a law that would force GPs to accept the new conditions. It also extended the current collective bargaining until September 2014, giving both sides an extra year to continue the negotiations. GPs are not standing down, however, and many have announced that they will follow Dibbern’s advice and stop working for the health regions. Speaking to Ritzau, economics professor Jes Søgaard predicted that patients may have to fork out anywhere between 300 and 900 kroner for a consultation with doctors not employed by the state. Doctors in Amager have even threat-
ened to work in Sweden if the reforms are passed. Sixty-six of the around 100 members of Amager’s doctors’ guild, Amager Lægelaug, attended a meeting on Monday, at which 63 voted to end their contracts with the health authority. According to Trine Jeppesen, the chairman of Amager Lægelaug, the doctors could work for a higher wage and earn more money if they worked in Sweden. “Up until now, health regions, councils and GPs were equals in the planning process, deciding which jobs to take, how to do the job, and how much it should cost,” Jeppesen said. “The law removes our influence over how to run our clinics. We cannot accept that.” GPs run private clinics and are paid
by the health regions according to the amount of work and number of patients that they see. Danske Regioner now wants GPs to be more integrated into the health service, provide more standardised care and services to patients, and gather more detailed information about their services and the issues facing their patients. The regions also want to be able to dictate where new clinics open. Currently, GPs can veto the locations set by the health authorities. Danske Regioner argues that this has led to a dearth of clinics in unattractive areas of the country, often in regions with social problems that also suffer from higher than average
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