With the election looming I thought it worth emphasising just what 'new' Labour have done to the and doctors since they came to power in 1997. Instead of working with professionals, they have demoralised and undermined them with their megalomania and top down control . This short tale is from one of many who have had their career destroyed by Labour in such a heartless fashion, it gets across just what this current regime represents
"In short, has destroyed my career. In the space of 18 months, I went from being told I had the natural talent be one of the best cardiac surgeons in the world by my consultants to being dumped on the scrap heap. I got a LAT registrar post in London Deanery after only 12 months as a only 6 months of which were adult cardiac. With only that 6 month experience, I went on to perform my first skin to skin set of grafts after only 5 and a half months and over 10 first operator cases by the end of my first year as a reg.I then went on to start a PhD and suddenly started.
The goalposts changed overnight and I went from being perfectly positioned to be able to start applying for a number to being "too experienced". My research, papers, of cases, experience all count for nothing; if fact they are a burden. There were no gaps in my CV and application form last year. I had all the exams, courses, cases, presentations, publications, research, everything. I could operate. My bosses even come in for major trauma or emergencies knowing full well I was capable of dealing with it. I didn't even get shortlisted yet my who couldn't even take a vein without help got an in .That's just the start.
Since I graduated in 2001, the has changed beyond recognition. At work, management treat us with disdain and contempt, doing everything they can to show us who really is in charge. I can't even plan to go out in a couple of weeks as I don't know what my rota for May is. With some luck, it will be out before next weekend but not necessarily. My fiancee, a GP, now spends more time doing paperwork than she spends seeing patients. Not only that, but she's forced to do extended hours for no additional pay, just the threat of a pay cut if she doesn't. Childcare is a nightmare as both of us often have to work at times when none is available. The boys are now used to doing their homework in the surgery and falling asleep there as they are still there till well after their bedtime, or sometimes in the back of her car while she's still doing visits.There are now more administrators in the than doctors and every new target begets a new layer of management with no change in the number of doctors or even a reduction. Enormous sums are wasted on useless initiatives and there's no money available for the things that really matter.
There are a lot of other things going badly wrong with medicine but it doesn't end there. The economy is total mess. chancellorship saw the worst raids on public assets there ever has been. Our pensions have lost a huge amount since his changes in 1998. His irresponsible borrowing, reckless sales and expenditure means we'll be paying the price of his wastage for decades to come. The current tax burden on those in actual employment is higher than it ever has been, even the 90% income tax for the highest earners back in the 70s. The fabric of society has been eroded such that nobody feels that they have any responsibility for anything anymore yet everyone has a firm belief that they have many unquestionable and irrefutable rights. Our civil liberties have been eroded so much that 1984 isn't fiction anymore."
Thanks Gordon and thanks Tony, thanks New Labour. When you hear Gordon talk of how they value the and its staff, I suggest you read the above and remind yourself of the reality of the situation. Gordon and his cronies pretend they care for the , they clearly do not. Maybe the next lot will be no better, one thing is sure though, it is hard to see how they could treat the medical profession with any more disrespect.
Mangling Medical Careers - Gordon and Labour's ghastly legacy
With the election looming I thought it worth emphasising just what 'new' Labour have done to the and doctors since they came to power in 1997. Instead of working with professionals, they have demoralised and undermined them with their megalomania and top down control . This short tale is from one of many who have had their career destroyed by Labour in such a heartless fashion, it gets across just what this current regime represents
Thanks Gordon and thanks Tony, thanks New Labour. When you hear Gordon talk of how they value the and its staff, I suggest you read the above and remind yourself of the reality of the situation. Gordon and his cronies pretend they care for the , they clearly do not. Maybe the next lot will be no better, one thing is sure though, it is hard to see how they could treat the medical profession with any more disrespect.