'Huge job cuts' for public sector

[minestrone]

I must admit that I have not been impressed by My GP whenever I have needed to see him. he simply hands out prescriptions for antibiotics. One time my wife was prescribed pain killers which she couldn't take because of her kidney transplant. It was my wife who questioned him about them and he changed the prescription

There are a lot of bad ones, Yesterday the gf comes home moaning because if you get a swine flu call you are meant to take a pack with swabs, wipes and protective clothing and go to the person's house. Doctor she works with is to lazy he invites the guy into the surgery. Potential to infect 50 folk in the waiting room, 8 doctors, 10 nurses and everyone on the bus there and back. He got a moaning at but realistically nobody can do anything to him. Should I be telling you this?

[sasguru]

The ever witty sasguru. A permie in a dead end job.

As opposed to an unemployed dreamer from Swindon?

[expat]

As Adam smith pointed out a long time ago, the level of wages for a job is partly determined by the proportion of people who attempt the job but fail; the more people fail entry qualifications, or drop out during training, the more the successful candidates see their pay boosted.

Obviously these barriers to entry for doctors are substantial, and this is a major factor in the earning power of successful doctors.

In IT, by contrast, it often seems to me that nobody drops out, no matter how intellectually unsuitable they may be.

[Menelaus]

There are a lot of bad ones, Yesterday the gf comes home moaning because if you get a swine flu call you are meant to take a pack with swabs, wipes and protective clothing and go to the person's house. Doctor she works with is to lazy he invites the guy into the surgery. Potential to infect 50 folk in the waiting room, 8 doctors, 10 nurses and everyone on the bus there and back. He got a moaning at but realistically nobody can do anything to him. Should I be telling you this?

probably not.

[TimberWolf]

As Adam smith pointed out a long time ago, the level of wages for a job is partly determined by the proportion of people who attempt the job but fail; the more people fail entry qualifications, or drop out during training, the more the successful candidates see their pay boosted.

Obviously these barriers to entry for doctors are substantial, and this is a major factor in the earning power of successful doctors.

In IT, by contrast, it often seems to me that nobody drops out, no matter how intellectually unsuitable they may be.

Does that apply to the public sector too, where demand for services always seems to exceed supply? Not least in medicine where if you cure the beggers they just come down with something else to be cured.

[HairyArsedBloke]

Does that apply to the public sector too, where demand for services always seems to exceed supply? Not least in medicine where if you cure the beggers they just come down with something else to be cured.

There are barriers to entry too. Someone on this board was complaining about trying to apply for public sector roles but turned down because he/she didn't have any previous offences to be taken into consideration.

I don't care - it's not my money.

[TimberWolf]

There are barriers to entry too. Someone on this board was complaining about trying to apply for public sector roles but turned down because he/she didn't have any previous offences to be taken into consideration.

I don't care - it's not my money.

Yeah, I've heard it can be difficult to get IT work in the NHS, but once you have been in once, the barriers come down and then you are on the gravy train.

[sweetandsour]

There are a lot of bad ones, Yesterday the gf comes home moaning because if you get a swine flu call you are meant to take a pack with swabs, wipes and protective clothing and go to the person's house. Doctor she works with is to lazy he invites the guy into the surgery. Potential to infect 50 folk in the waiting room, 8 doctors, 10 nurses and everyone on the bus there and back. He got a moaning at but realistically nobody can do anything to him. Should I be telling you this?

He probably thinks that the chances of people being infected in general are high enough anyway and that it will not make any difference whether this chap came to the surgery or not.

Typical Doctor, think they know best and ignores what anyone else tells them....

[BoredBloke]

My GP, God love 'im, has his off days too.

I would say that prescribing drugs to somebody who has had a kidney transplant that would cause them to reject the kidney is a bit more than an off day.

[d000hg]

He probably thinks that the chances of people being infected in general are high enough anyway and that it will not make any difference whether this chap came to the surgery or not.

Typical Doctor, think they know best and ignores what anyone else tells them....

Would fit in great on CUK then.