Doctors, Nurses, Firemen, Police?

Question:

Does it seem sensible to anyone that our most respected professions are our least paid and most poorly resourced. Does it seem right to anyone that Junior Doctors form Africa and Asia who were being trained at a huge cost to the British Government are suddenly refused work permits and get sent home. Does it seem sensible to anyone that fully qualified foreign nurses cannot get into the NHS for want of a induction and they have to work as carers only. Have we lost all respect for our most nobel of all professions?. Nurses have had enough and are about to be balloted on industrial action in the Autumn. Why do you think it has come to this?

Answers:
you forgot some people like the EMT's and Paramedic 's who provide emergency service when you call for help so don't forget about these women and men that put their lives on the line too and do not get the paid like they should be paid.

Firemen who run into burning buildings while others are running out and risk their lives every shift for less than 30 k

Doctors, Nurses Firemen and Police are most valuable to us!! It makes sense that they should earn more than attorneys!
Good luck and may God bless you.

I think the uk government are a bit screwed up when they work out pay scales for our vital people. Maybe if the paid the fatcats less and got more medical staff, stopped fire and ambulance cuts then the country wouldn't be so screwed.

hey never mind foreign nurses, its ANY nurse that cannot get a job in the NHS! jobs are really hard to come by.

It is easier for governments and big companies to "beat up" labor than it is for them to tell their corporate cronies that can't pay themsleves six and seven figures. Why has it come to this? Greed, lobbyists and govenrments that want to undermine the middle class and make the rich, richer. It stinks, big time. FDNY been fighting NYC for 15 years for the wages we deserve. I assume industrial action means what we would call a strike or walkout in the USA. I say do it if you have to. Best of luck and don't back down.

the service profession attracts noble persons who think it is beneath them to ask for higher wages. What you describe is of course not sensible at all. In the US physicians lost power when they were termed 'providers', a mere term of utilization and then the MBAs took over as middle men since physicians notoriously do not have time for financial skills since they are too busy saving lives. Sad story indeed

As a nurse myself, I can only say I seriously got shafted by the wonderful NHS re shuffling of wages and pay scale commonly known as the agenda for change. I am demoralised to within an inch of my life with the politics in hospital and am stretched to breaking point every minute of every shift. And this is expected. I personally cannot wait for the vote. Bring it on.

If the NHS were a private business it would have gone bankrupt a long time ago. Staff moral must be so low - who on earth can be proud to work for such a badly run organisation. Nurses, paramedics, doctors, carers, police and firemen/women do a marvellous job - out there risking their own lives to save others. Caring for us when we are out our most vulnerable. Unfortunately, Tony Blair spent so long trying to get into bed with Bush that he forgot his own people and domestic services.

No, it is not sensible. I have been in the Medical Profession, for too long, but, it seems as though many professions that are geared to the "caring field" are overworked, underpaid, and understaffed. There are over 250,000 Nurses who no longer work in the Medical Field. The Nursing shortage is only going to worsen. But, no one seems to try to change things for the better. Yes, this applies to Fireman, Social Services', Medical people ( of course, EMTs'). Then, think about this, these Sports' personalities earn way too much money. Where do the priorities truly lie??

Doctors, Nurses, Firemen, Police?

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