The Real NHS
#152
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Re: The Real NHS
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Nun-sure it is "free" but you still pay taxes to support it and it is essentially dysfunctional. It is not better than the US system. I have worked in both and in terms of all clinical outcomes, the US system is far superior and at the end of the day healthcare is about clinical outcomes.
Nun-sure it is "free" but you still pay taxes to support it and it is essentially dysfunctional. It is not better than the US system. I have worked in both and in terms of all clinical outcomes, the US system is far superior and at the end of the day healthcare is about clinical outcomes.
Do you have any links to robust data on this? The figures I've seen in the recent past is that outcomes are no better in the USA despite the higher health spend per head.
DoI - NHS physician, US resident. Both systems are currently screwed IMO.
#154
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Re: The Real NHS
Article from Newsweek.
Is it really possible that "The number of U.S. patients killed annually by medical errors is equivalent to 4 jumbo jets crashing each week." ?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newswee...-we-think.html
Is it really possible that "The number of U.S. patients killed annually by medical errors is equivalent to 4 jumbo jets crashing each week." ?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newswee...-we-think.html
#155
Re: The Real NHS
Article from Newsweek.
Is it really possible that "The number of U.S. patients killed annually by medical errors is equivalent to 4 jumbo jets crashing each week." ?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newswee...-we-think.html
Is it really possible that "The number of U.S. patients killed annually by medical errors is equivalent to 4 jumbo jets crashing each week." ?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newswee...-we-think.html
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#161
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Re: The Real NHS
There's talk of strike action at my wife's hospital, they are making redundant up to 100 admin staff and they are restructuring wards, closing beds, getting staff to reapply for their jobs, it's extremely stressful to everyone, it's been like this for the last couple of years now.
#162
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Re: The Real NHS
There's talk of strike action at my wife's hospital, they are making redundant up to 100 admin staff and they are restructuring wards, closing beds, getting staff to reapply for their jobs, it's extremely stressful to everyone, it's been like this for the last couple of years now.
#164
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Re: The Real NHS
There's been three rounds of nursing redundancies at my wife's hospital, front line nursing numbers are at a record low, i think its UK wide, it's good advice for nurses looking at migrating, Queensland isn't the place to head at present, but there's plenty of other areas and states that nurses are sought after.
#165
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Re: The Real NHS
There's been three rounds of nursing redundancies at my wife's hospital, front line nursing numbers are at a record low, i think its UK wide, it's good advice for nurses looking at migrating, Queensland isn't the place to head at present, but there's plenty of other areas and states that nurses are sought after.
Im not sure if it UK wide, a quick search shows over 600 nursing job vacancies in the Herefordshire region. I would hazzard a guess and say there are also job vacancies all over Australia but a common misconception is that there are no jobs in this country.