After being elected in 2010, the government cut the number of places in Medical Schools. In 2016, we had the first Junior Doctors strike. The government also abolished the NHS bursaries for groups such as student nurses. They have reversed decisions on the numbers of doctors and nurses being trained but they way they treat staff has resulted in many leaving, either leaving healthcare completely, or many have left to work abroad.
The bottom line when it comes to the Junior Doctors strike, is that the UK can continue to train doctors for nations like Australia and New Zealand, or we can do something to retain the GP’s and Consultants of the future. The 35% increase that is being asked for, is one that is staged over several years, not a hit to NHS finances now.
There are some who blame those who strike for the state of the NHS, or want to hold strikers accountable for patient harm, but they ignore how the NHS is faring under the Conservatives when there are no strikes.
The sad thing is that the Conservatives have been ruining the NHS for so long, that many cannot remember how it used to work so much better when Labour was in charge of it.
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