Industriais ingleses reclamam de consulta médica no horário do trabalho

The Guardian publica estudo da Confederação Britânica da Indústria, a FIEESP local, (clique aqui) mostrando que há perda de um bilhão de libras por ano devido a consultas médicas no horário comercial. Reclamam do não atendimento nos fins de semana pelos médicos de família. Obviamente, os empresários não querem aumento de imposto para financiar o atendimento nos fins de semana. Abaixo, trecho da matéria.

£1bn cost of waiting to see a GPJo Revill, Whitehall editorSunday July 22, 2007The Observer Business leaders are to deliver a tough warning to the government that employees are spending millions of hours a year sitting in doctors' waiting rooms during office hours because of the lack of weekend GP clinics. Three and a half million working days were lost last year because employees had to see a doctor during working hours, according to the Confederation of British Industry. This was more than four times the number of days lost to industrial action in 2006.