14-01-2017, 13:17
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: Crisis in the NHS
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Originally Posted by Mr K
Hire more GPs ? yes, but it'll cost ( and take years).
Non emergency appointments at weekends,? nice but it will cost.
This would be on top of the extra money required to maintain the status quo.
Question keeps coming back to are we prepared to pay? Although most say yes, they do say different when it comes to voting/affecting their take home pay. Buck stops with us all.
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If only we had started training more doctors in 2008...
http://www.bmj.com/content/337/bmj.a748
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Delegates at the annual BMA conference voted by a narrow majority to restrict the number of places at medical schools to avoid “overproduction of doctors with limited career opportunities.” They also agreed on a complete ban on opening new medical schools.
David Sochart, from Manchester and Salford, warned that in the current job climate allowing too many new doctors into the market would risk devaluing the profession
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And this was only 9 years ago...
http://www.bmj.com/content/337/bmj.a...J_UK_TrendMD-0
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“Large numbers” of trainee GPs are finding a lack of jobs to apply for when they qualify, representatives at the BMA’s annual meeting heard on Monday.
Members agreed to press the association to carry out an immediate investigation into the number of trainees in this situation, the number retiring, and the supply of substantive posts.
They also called for a media campaign to highlight the “plight of unemployed, fully qualified general practitioners.”
Alex Smallwood, from the Junior Doctors Committee, said that about 2300 trainee GPs were coming through each year and that this was set to rise to 3100. But anecdotal evidence indicated that the number of jobs advertised was 400-500 short of this figure.
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(Waits for Mr K to find a reason why this was the current Government's fault... )
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