The thought came to
mind, listening to Jeremy Hunt making a Statement to the House of
Commons regarding the pay and conditions for Junior Doctors working in
the NHS, how could the "ordinary" person in this country believe that they "deserve" the same medical service as "we" expect, the expression, "don't they know their place" comes to mind.
The
Doctors have been up in arms in their negotiation with Jeremy Hunt
regarding his deliberate obfuscation of the facts governing not only the
contract but the effect on the doctors by the long hours they are
expected to work.
Jeremy
Hunt has form. In his previous job he was given a quasi legal position
to oversee the negotiations regarding the merger of Rupert Murdock's
media empire into further consolidation of his company in Britain.
Whilst the negotiations were proceeding, he was supposed to be aloof
from the parties but it was discovered that he had had substantive talks
with Murdock's son James, who was leading the Murdock's team and had
broken the legal trust given to him.
Lying is an un-attractive art form, along with bullying and he, along with his predecessor Andrew Lansley have used both as they are hell bent on privatising the NHS. The Conservative Party has been rowing back from the moment that Aneurin Bevin proposed the formation of the National Health Service, "free at the point of need" in 1947. The eyes of the medical supply environment have been "watering" for years, waiting to get their claws into the body of the taxpayer funded organisation. Slowly but surely 'private enterprise' has been introduce into many levels of the Health Service and one fears that this insistence on a contract, drawn up by government and rejected by the doctors will only lead to doctors leaving to go overseas whilst encouraging doctors from countries which would not under normal circumstances be invited to come here to practice, will now be encouraged en mass to fill the holes which are created as our rigorously trained indigenous trainees move away to jobs overseas. And for those who don't go, could you imagine a more dangerous circumstance than to be looked after by people who feel aggrieved and under valued.
Lying is an un-attractive art form, along with bullying and he, along with his predecessor Andrew Lansley have used both as they are hell bent on privatising the NHS. The Conservative Party has been rowing back from the moment that Aneurin Bevin proposed the formation of the National Health Service, "free at the point of need" in 1947. The eyes of the medical supply environment have been "watering" for years, waiting to get their claws into the body of the taxpayer funded organisation. Slowly but surely 'private enterprise' has been introduce into many levels of the Health Service and one fears that this insistence on a contract, drawn up by government and rejected by the doctors will only lead to doctors leaving to go overseas whilst encouraging doctors from countries which would not under normal circumstances be invited to come here to practice, will now be encouraged en mass to fill the holes which are created as our rigorously trained indigenous trainees move away to jobs overseas. And for those who don't go, could you imagine a more dangerous circumstance than to be looked after by people who feel aggrieved and under valued.
Of
course it won't effect Jeremy or Andrew or David or George they have
Private Medical care and even more important, "connections". No the
impact will be on the ever increasing rump of this country who's
position under this government is made increasingly evident as each bill
in Parliament is passed.
The
Conservatives will never be able to roll back the years to their hey
day, the pre 1940 period but they will make as good a fist of the job as
their segregated minds can envisage, given the weak conformist mindset
that makes up the bulk of the electorate.
I suppose we must just "suck it up"
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