fishini, on 28 May 2024 - 02:40 PM, said:
You know that's not what I said. I just asked the person what he'd do. Some things I'd do is remove the need for nurses to go to university and train them on the wards. Just as my wife did. She started as a cadet nurse and worked her way up to eventually becoming a senior nursing officer. She didn't go to university and spent one day a week in the nursing school within the hospital. I would put in place a scheme where a doctor stayed in post for a set number of years, say ten years would have thier university costs cancelled. I would reduce the number of managers and make it the managers remaining would have to have a health background. I would remove car parking fees for staff. I believe these measures would help with recruitment. I would removed the right for doctors to work in the private sector. I would double the cost to the private of using NHS facilities. No NHS patients should go down the pecking order for private patients to jump the queue. Tax payers shouldn't subside the private sector unless the NHS gains from it.
I'd certainly agree with the first one. Why shouldnt nurses pay to park their cars, I have to as do retail workers who work in town centres on much lower salaries and worse pensions..?
If doctors couldnt work in the private sector then they would want even more money from NHS. If NHS didnt rent its facilities to private sector would they be underutilised, after all the NHS doesnt have enough staff to use them 24/7. Private patients pay shed loads of tax to get their private cover if paid for by their company, if they cant get treated quicker how will you replace that tax income?
And only health people can run a health establishment? What about facilities manager? Finance team? maintenance guys? would make a very small pool and so drive salaries even higher and make recruitment even harder...
Most doctors could clear their student debt in 15 years based on their earnings...even at today's extortionate rates. My son has paid his back after 8 years although he only did 4 year course...
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