Discussion on Newsnight yesterday about the NHS.
One of the guests (who all seemed to be an NHS "type") blithely told us there was a shortage of doctors.
Why?
These people have huge salaries compared to the rest of the population.
These people have almost complete job security.
We have a high level of unemployment in the United Kingdom.
So why is there a shortage of doctors? (why is there a shortage of any professionals).
It cannot be because the unemployed are better off on benefits and welfare - the salaries of doctors are massive.
So it must be due to the incompetence and failure of the education system - all of it from pre-school to post-graduate teaching hospitals.
At some point in this education and development process something is going seriously wrong.
Can someone in the government please take up a metaphorical flail and work their way through the education professions until we identify where the problem lies and beat out the chaff and chuck it into the metaphorical fire.
One of the guests (who all seemed to be an NHS "type") blithely told us there was a shortage of doctors.
Why?
These people have huge salaries compared to the rest of the population.
These people have almost complete job security.
We have a high level of unemployment in the United Kingdom.
So why is there a shortage of doctors? (why is there a shortage of any professionals).
It cannot be because the unemployed are better off on benefits and welfare - the salaries of doctors are massive.
So it must be due to the incompetence and failure of the education system - all of it from pre-school to post-graduate teaching hospitals.
At some point in this education and development process something is going seriously wrong.
Can someone in the government please take up a metaphorical flail and work their way through the education professions until we identify where the problem lies and beat out the chaff and chuck it into the metaphorical fire.
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