Pendulum swinging the other way!!
30 December 2008
kamal sidhu, GP Sunderland
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This news really comes as a shock to me though similar anecdotal incidents of shortage are starting to be heard in local circles.Is this the pendulum starting to go back the other way? How well does it reflect on the planning of workforce by NHS managers and politicians alike? Who is answerable for the inconvenience caused to patients by cancellation of surgeries, delays in assessments and procedures.What about hundreds of junior doctors who had to move to other countries like US, Australia and New Zealand? Who is going to accept the blame for a chaotic planning which resulted in hundreds of overseas doctors leaving in financial as well as psychological distress? perhaps all the surveys, pilots or studies conducted did not foresee this and if there were warning signals,were these warnings heeded to. This certainly does not reflect well on Britain as a nation and NHS as an exemplary health service but someone must have known?
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