tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691671699575405507.post4758012153748551091..comments2024-03-10T22:25:07.539+00:00Comments on Wrecsam.news: Our NHS needs more doctorsPlaid Whitegatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05757898330400853732noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691671699575405507.post-87400080848281756832016-01-28T16:32:18.405+00:002016-01-28T16:32:18.405+00:00Is that the same Sian Caiach who grassed up Welsh ...Is that the same Sian Caiach who grassed up Welsh republicans to the police?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691671699575405507.post-13564354204789741012016-01-28T16:31:15.354+00:002016-01-28T16:31:15.354+00:00I don't think anybody's saying all these d...I don't think anybody's saying all these doctors and nurses are "coming to Wales"... the point is to train more doctors and nurses from Wales. This is a long-term policy rather than short-term sticking plasters. Yes, it's ambitious but it would still only bring us up to the patient/doctor ratio in England. Hardly unrealistic.<br /><br />Your support for the Tories in England is beyond bizarre but unsurprising.Plaid Whitegatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05757898330400853732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691671699575405507.post-57980231990708449712016-01-28T14:52:42.751+00:002016-01-28T14:52:42.751+00:001,000 new doctors and 5,000 new nurses are not lik...1,000 new doctors and 5,000 new nurses are not likely to come to wales to work, as the Welsh Government has failed to sort out the welsh health service and only very committed rats will join and stay in a sinking ship.<br /> <br />Also they will need wards to work in, which have been closed, offices and secretaries which have been cut, theatres and clinics which are currently not able to provide extra capacity. Wales has aquired a health service which is not solely dedicated to the people of this country and but also to the political ambition of "Smaller Government", promotion of private practice and "self help".<br /><br />Why do we not produce enough doctors and nurses for Wales in Wales? Why do we appoint executives with higher salaries per size of Health Board than England?<br />Why do we still allow consultants, on the highest salaries in Europe to moonlight in the private sector and therefore have no real incentive to reduce waiting lists?<br /><br />Its not that simple. It will take real political courage to turn the Welsh NHS into a service for the people.<br /><br />Look at England, where the consultants have sent their juniors out on the street threatening to strike rather than work weekends and miss their private slots. Have you not noticed the strike is with "counsultant support?" In a profession where juniors are reliant on old fashioned patronage for promotion and good jobs, few junior doctors will have the guts not to call for a strike. <br /> <br />Even the Tories have worked out that the consultants in England should accept a little discomfort in their wallets to save lives and prevent unnecessary disability. After all, the 1% are just 1% of the population and in the UK they don't even have a great voting record.<br /><br />In summary, better, more realistic policy required. <br />Dr Sian Caiachnoreply@blogger.com