I rather liked the first paragraph of Frankie Boyle's piece in the Guardian today
Originally Posted By Frankie Boyle
One of the worst things for doctors must be that, after seven years of study and then another decade of continuing professional exams, patients come in telling them they’re wrong after spending 20 minutes on Google. So imagine how doctors must feel about Jeremy Hunt, who hasn’t even had the decency to go on the internet.
So doctors know the answer to the universe and everything.
Well, if the strike fails, the government wins. Doctors will abandon the NHS in droves, and the government will be able to use the excuse to dismantle the NHS and let the US corporates as they want to under TTIP.
If the government accepts the demands of the doctors, then the government wins. They will claim that result is massively increased costs for the NHS which are unsustainable and therefore they will be able to dismantle the NHS by letting the US corporates in as they want to under TTIP.
Either way the NHS is not going to survive as we know it.
Tim H. 1986 4/4 VVTi Sport, 2002 LR Defender, 2022 Mini Cooper SE
Well, if the strike fails, the government wins. Doctors will abandon the NHS in droves, and the government will be able to use the excuse to dismantle the NHS and let the US corporates as they want to under TTIP.
If the government accepts the demands of the doctors, then the government wins. They will claim that result is massively increased costs for the NHS which are unsustainable and therefore they will be able to dismantle the NHS by letting the US corporates in as they want to under TTIP.
Either way the NHS is not going to survive as we know it.
US Corporates will have to hire doctors authorised to practice by the BMA ..
US Corporates will have to hire doctors authorised to practice by the BMA ..
Not if TTIP gets ratified the way it's currently looking. If a health care company wants to employ a doctor that they would be able to employ in the US, then the BMA would have to back down - or they and the UK Government could be sued.
Under TTIP, it matters not a jot what the government or the UK professional bodies want, they have to comply with the 'least obstructive' law. This is in the name of promoting "free trade on a level playing field".
Tim H. 1986 4/4 VVTi Sport, 2002 LR Defender, 2022 Mini Cooper SE
