This is not what we should be doing to our doctors...

[MicrosoftBob]

The divorce and child care difficulties caused by the stress of working in a healthcare system that is being deliberately crippled by this government, and of being unable to afford a home anywhere near the hospital she works in? Yes. Anybody who can't tell that from the article is either stupid, or being deliberately obtuse.

So what happened to all the key worker homes that would supposed to alleviate the problem, are they in short supply

[AtW]

So what happened to all the key worker homes that would supposed to alleviate the problem, are they in short supply

MPs got their houses well sorteeeeeeeeed, thank you very much

[alphadog]

She sounds like she made some very poor choices earlier in her life which have resulted in her being in a very difficult personal position today. That is a shame and I do feel for her.

As for doctors earning a pittance, I just don't buy it at all. I've read too many stories about nurses who rake in 1000 quid a day and GP's who take home 250k to feel any sympathy on that front.

[AtW]

I've read too many stories about agencies who rake in 1000 quid a day and one off brain surgeon GP's who take home 250k to feel any sympathy on that front.

FTFY

Young doctors are basically abused in the system - it's like trainee solicitors only they have to work a lot longer per week and much longer overall before they become "proper" doctors. Totally fooked up morally wrong system, especially considering responsibility those "young" doctors have to bear.

[PurpleGorilla]

"Up to 30%"

Even the most radical revolting junior doctors don't think they're all getting a 30% pay cut, so why do you?

This...

http://www.theguardian.com/global/20...ment-of-health

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2...plainer-health

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...ct-concessions

[NickFitz]

As for doctors earning a pittance, I just don't buy it at all. I've read too many stories about nurses who rake in 1000 quid a day and GP's who take home 250k to feel any sympathy on that front.

You shouldn't let yourself be taken in by that crap: Most doctors are not paid six figure sums, figures show - Telegraph

[NotAllThere]

The divorce and child care difficulties caused by the stress of working in a healthcare system that is being deliberately crippled by this government, and of being unable to afford a home anywhere near the hospital she works in?.

This doctor is in a mess.
The NHS is in a mess.

The first may be the cause of the first in this instance. It may not. There is insufficient information in the article to draw a conclusion one way or the other. Any conclusion drawn is merely an indication of your own biases.

[SueEllen]

She sounds like she made some very poor choices earlier in her life which have resulted in her being in a very difficult personal position today. That is a shame and I do feel for her.

As for doctors earning a pittance, I just don't buy it at all. I've read too many stories about nurses who rake in 1000 quid a day and GP's who take home 250k to feel any sympathy on that front.

The people raking in the money are the agencies not the staff doing the work - sound familiar?

While I do know 2 GPs who earned 200K, most GPs are now salaried and earn a lot less. However due to earning less, not owning and not running the practice - being an employee in other words - most have got sensible and decided to work part -time and live accordingly.

In regards to junior doctors their pay hasn't increased loads over the past decade. That's because they are doing less hours due to the working time directive. Before then junior doctors were earning a couple of grand less but working around 80 hours a week so it appeared they were on a high wage until you worked out the number of hours worked.

I actually know women in the NHS with children and high ranking roles including consultants. Some of them relied heavily on their husbands while climbing the ladder, while others got there and were lucky enough to still be able to have children. Also some women I know where told if they didn't have children asap in their early 20's they risked never being able to have them. (I also know women who were told they were infertile.) So saying someone made poor choices when you don't know enough about their life story just makes you look both callous and ignorant.

[darmstadt]

This doctor is in a mess.
The NHS is in a mess.

The first may be the cause of the first in this instance. It may not. There is insufficient information in the article to draw a conclusion one way or the other. Any conclusion drawn is merely an indication of your own biases.

But this is not the only article written by a doctor that has been published which is in the same vein. I mean have a look at the figures for doctors who are applying for that certificate so that they can practice in another country, it has shot up dramatically in the last few months. This government are running the NHS down and I seriously think they want to privatise it, but then that's nothing new. The Americans I've been working with this week are absolutely astounded by this action and have been regaling me with horror stories of American health care....

However I think that this government really want to nationalise most things, just not by their own country, see French energy industry (the main company are majority owned by the French government) and now the Chinese with their power companies which seeing as its a communist country are pretty much state run

[DodgyAgent]

Tax the plutocrats. Tax the big corporates, Tax the banks, Tax the 1%.

tax contractors more