My sil is a hospital consultant and he admits that they are extremely well paid - and he is always home before 6pm. It's everyone else in the hospital who is slightly underpaid. His hospital were recently given a budget to run a Saturday oncology clinic - he volunteered as the extra money was considerable - but it couldn't go ahead because no receptionists, nurses, healthcare assistants etc. were prepared to work on Saturdays. So there are always issues somewhere in the NHS, even in a top scoring hospital like his. I would prefer a German or French health insurance scheme as ours is too expensive and socialist in inception and treats people who are not entitled, which I abhor.
. I'm just a bit envious. The NHS can be superb. I remember my surprise when beginning to work in primary care on discovering that GP practices were in essence run like independent businesses. Each had its own unspoken rules, from addressing patients and doctors by first or surname to how many 'extra' patients individual doctors would see. Each had its own character. I knew then that patient experience was very different in each surgery. I imagine things are still much the same.Disappearing contributors - part 2
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