An NHS trust has sparked fury after warning that immigrant doctors who take to picket lines could be referred to Border Force.
*cheers loudly*
The message, which was circulated on social media, drew the ire of junior medics and the British Medical Association (BMA), which said it 'will unnecessarily instil fear and doubt' among doctors.
And no doubt drew the approval of all those patients whose operations and treatment will be cancelled as a result of the greed of people we are told are 'necessary' to the functioning of the NHS...
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust has admitted that the message was from one of their staff. But a spokesperson insisted it is not their policy and apologised for the distress caused.
They added that the message was sent in a local Whatsapp group who 'made a mistake'.
'It has been corrected internally at the most senior level and we have assured our all teams, including our international colleagues, that this is not our position,' they said.
Pity. It might raise the NHS satisfaction levels a little if it was...
What are Border Force goint to do anyway? Book them in a Trevelodge?
ReplyDeleteFrom the Daily Mail, it appears the co chairman (chairperson?) of the BMA junior doctors committee, which is demanding a 35% pay rise, is an ex public schoolboy (£64,000 a year for 6th formers) and is a director of his parents multi million Pound investment firm. If so, I doubt that the continuation of a strike by junior, or is that trainee, doctors will cause this young man any financial pain. The first line of the Hippocratic path is "First, do no harm". I think that's supposed to refer to people seeking medical treatment, rather than a personal bank balance. Could there be a political motive behind this? Just asking.
ReplyDeletePenseivat
They might not refer them but that doesn't stop us doing so but as has been said 'What difference would it make?'
ReplyDeleteIf you believe the Leftie vermin BBC then all these dinghies landing in Kent are full of doctors so why do we need these ungrateful ones?
ReplyDeleteJaded
Remarkably well said, Jaded.
ReplyDeleteI have done you an injustice, thinking you numbered among the camp who had already given most of them 'the clap'.
"What are Border Force goint to do anyway? Book them in a Trevelodge?"
ReplyDeleteTrue enough, sadly...
"From the Daily Mail, it appears the co chairman (chairperson?) of the BMA junior doctors committee, which is demanding a 35% pay rise..."
I hadn't paid any attention to their whining, but literally just heard that figure on the radio, and nearly fell off my chair!
"If you believe the Leftie vermin BBC then all these dinghies landing in Kent are full of doctors so why do we need these ungrateful ones?"
Good point!