Yes I misread your post that’s why I deleted it .
I don’t know why we have so few qualified medics and those that are qualified don’t be so keen to do the job .
Apart from not training enough people, when many are trained they go abroad to work. Australia, New Zealand, Canada etc. are far more attractive places. Many of the non European people we train also go back to their own countries to work. We are far too soft and accommodating. My nephew has done very little “pay back” work for the training he took from the NHS - he went straight to Australia and won’t be coming back, so all his training costs will not benefit our NHS one iota. .
I remember when I first joined St Thomas’s Hospital as a medical lab assistant, there were a couple of Australian ladies. Our Manager had flown over to the country to recruit qualified senior staff. Why didn’t we have enough over here?!
I thought NHS staff were leaving, or not offered work because many had refused to have their Covid vaccinations.
Did that go through, or was that specification aborted?
Muddy, at the hospital where my soon-to-be DIL works, she said the idea of getting rid of staff who refused vaccination had to be aborted. This was because they had a lot of staff who didn’t want the vaccine, and the hospital couldn’t lose so many workers.
I wonder when people are supposedly following a vocational career in order to care for peoples health would anyone refuse a vaccine that can save lives.
Dunno, Muddy.
Perhaps some objected on principle over the way they were dictated to? . . . . “Do this or get the sack.”
Bit like being told “Take these pills, or lose your job.”
I’m probably not right, it was just a thought that’s all.
Perhaps another possibility could be the medics know something we don’t! Scary thought.
Last week I went to a private hospital for a pre-operative assessment and saw no-one other than local nurses and doctors. Even the consultant who will be performing my operation (another hernia repair) is a Brit who divides his time between private and NHS work.
By the way, he actually offered me a place on his NHS list so, I asked him how long I would have to wait for the same operation. “At least 12 months unless there is a cancellation,” he replied. I said, “I’ll pay, when can I have it done at this hospital and how much will it cost?” “4 weeks and £2,700.” “Fine, let’s do it then.” I replied. I shall be in and out of hospital on the same day all being well.
I know, I’m lucky enough to be in a position to be able to afford to pay for this operation.
As a matter of interest, my old neighbour’s daughter returned from 10 years in Australia and wanted to sign up for nurses training at Worcester University/Worcester Royal Hospital. They refused to give her a bursary to pay for the costs because, although she’s a Brit by birth, she’d spent too much time outside the UK to qualify for a bursary. She got a job as a paralegal/legal secretary instead.
I agree. I was in exactly the same situation and, rather than waiting for a couple of weeks, I would have had to wait for at least a year. Not a hernia operation, though, but the principle is the same.
Yes, I appreciate the advantage of going privately, but at the same time it’s a shame that the NHS is so inefficient that it cannot compete.
