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29 GP Trainee Places Lost In London |
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Twenty nine potential GP trainees in London have been told that they will not
be starting their 3 year training scheme this August, as another round of cost
cutting measure sweeps across the NHS as reported in The Observer. As thousands
of doctors face the prospect of unemployment, Lord Warner claims 'It's rubbish
to say there will be thousands of junior doctors without jobs. Some may have to
be flexible about the specialities and locations they work in, but at the end of
the day our changes to medical training mean that more doctors will go into
specialities where there are shortages and more patients will be treated by
trained doctors, meaning that patients benefit.'
It is quite amazing how the Government has managed to maintain their line of
how the patients will not suffer as a result, but their services will improve.
The BMA has come under heavy pressure from its members for their apparent
silence on the growing medical jobs crisis from their own members. For too long,
it has been claimed that the BMA has stood on the sidelines, as an ever growing
number of their members face unemployment due to the Government's mismanagement
of the NHS.
29 GP Trainee Places Lost In London
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£20 Billion NHS Computer Makes Patients Wait Longer |
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It has been confirmed that the Government's £20bn computer left NHS patients
waiting longer according to The Sunday Times. The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
NHS Trust in Oxford was one of the leading Trusts based on the Department of
Health's league tables before they piloted the new computer systems.
In 2005 just 12 people were waiting more than 6 months for an operation, but
in 2006 the numbers rose to more than 100, mostly due to the Nuffield hospital.
When the system went "live", it crashed and data could not be found, resulting
in some patients waiting the longest in the country for an operation. Technician
trying to fix the system could not even ascertain which patients were waiting
the longest, resulting in the Nuffield contributing 123 out of a national total
of 199 patients who have waited more than 6 months for an operation.
The new NHS computer system costs have spiralled out of control, with an
estimated £14 billion overspend. Surely, money that could had been used better
on other patient services.
£20 Billion NHS Computer Makes Patients Wait Longer
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