Be careful what you wish for, Wes. Or at least, be careful with your methodology. It’s been proven...
NHS
“How much do junior doctors really get paid in England?”
According to even government figures, a ‘junior doctor’ earns £20-30 per hour. If you delve...
“Over 50,000 leave NHS Pension Scheme over affordability”
Like most formerly ‘gold-plated’ pensions, the NHS pension has been watered down over the years;...
“Paramedic says patients are ‘begging for help’ as the NHS ‘collapses’ under pressure”
I remember N Farage in Brexit campaigns gone by evoking the image of hundreds of poor Europeans...
NHS Crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncUzI4YJHvs
“Why Coffey’s NHS plan has left many unimpressed”
Here's the reality from my own, current frontline experience. Hospital beds blocked by a failing...
“NHS waits force patients to pay for private ops”
Years ago when I worked in Greece, families used to fly their poorly relatives to London to get...
“NHS is off the table and stay out of our elections, UK prime minister tells Trump”
In the real world, large chunks of the NHS are already sort-of privatised. In Gloucester, many...
“Govt in ‘quick fix’ move to pay NHS workers’ pension tax bills”
Pension rules have, since ‘Pensions Simplification’ a few years ago, become ridiculously complex....
“Minister hints at scrapping consultation on social care”
Well, here’s an interesting idea. Because they want to sort out the problem of long-term care, the...
“NHS waiting lists surge due to pensions row”
Worth remembering that when the NHS was formed, doctors had to be lured away from private...
“GP surgery closures in UK ‘hit all-time high’ in 2018”
As a child, I rarely set foot in the doctor's surgery. Not because I was super fit, rather that...
“GPs see more than 40 patients a day”
So how would it be if we financial advisers were nationalised (the NAFs, not the NHS) and had to...
“GP pressure: Numbers show first sustained drop for 50 years”
Under the Marketing of Investments and Financial Instruments Directive No. 2, it’s become a...
“NHS England survey reveals ‘alarming downturn’ in staff wellbeing”
My conclusion, having read both @DrHenryMarsh’s ‘Do No Harm’ and Adam Kay’s ‘This is Going to...