Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
I have been to the N.H,S, meeting ,and have just got in from the parish meeting,I will wait and see if any other members was at that meeting in which case They can give you a update on the Dover Hospital, if none come forward and you would like mine then I will tell you tomorrow I need a hot cup of tea and a rest .
Im fine to wait for the minutes of the AGM thanks
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
I am sure a lot of the problems with consultants goes back to the dark ages when they were letting blood as a cure for most conditions.
They built a sort of aura around themselves that they were really special people and the problem is management still seem to believe that.
Joe public now know they are ordinary human beings but hopefully with a great deal of medical knowledge but they are no longer 'gods' and should not be treated as such. It should be in hospital doctors and consultants contracts they have to go to local hospitals if required.
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
jan
i again agree with you
sarah
look forward to your version of the meeting you attended
ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
Sorry Jan I moght have created some confusion by my use of words , when I said contracted to do so , what I meant was if the Trust or PCT has a contract to provide a servce in an area , NOT that an individual consultant has to have the location of his clinics listed in his/her contract of employment.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
Thanks Sarah, I thought it was a little odd. BTW I like your unbiased very informative posts, please keep them coming.

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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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Cheers Jan and thank you, it just goes to show how specific and complex the wording used in the NHS is , and how it can alter the meaning for people who dont have the background info.
Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 2,262
Very interesting posts. Hopefully our junior doctors coming up the ranks will not have this 'Special People' attitude that Jan refers to and that kind of arrogance is left in the past. Looking forward to Reg's rally

Fortunately most of the younger docs I know have a more human aspect! But old habits die hard!!
PS - Colette, you might like this one. I am now at the age - ripe and no eejit - when I can say what I think and people think it is ok!! A rather lovely young male doc arrived on one of the wards where I was working a while back and I said, a bit spontaneously, "you're a bit gorgeous, aren't you!" He preened, I smiled, it was ok..............
Bern you made me laugh !