tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post3776751005508579718..comments2024-03-14T09:50:40.819+00:00Comments on Dr Grumble: Foundation TrainingDr Grumblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417731064007601504noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-10340300985256665572010-03-01T14:02:08.782+00:002010-03-01T14:02:08.782+00:00That's the problem with comments. Exaggerate a...That's the problem with comments. Exaggerate a bit and you will be found out. Actually Dr Grumble has a Russian doctor and an Arab doctor already working alongside him and a doctor is coming from Japan soon. But it is not on the scale it once was. Or so it seems anyway.Dr Grumblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417731064007601504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-13375227291022892102010-03-01T13:56:52.309+00:002010-03-01T13:56:52.309+00:00"Doctors no longer come from abroad."
A..."Doctors no longer come from abroad."<br /><br />Are you sure about that? My girlfriend had a baby about 6 weeks ago at West Middlesex, which is a teaching hospital. We had a Chinese medical student, three African midwives and a doctor from the Carribean. The baby was seen by a paediatrician who looked and sounded Indian. On the ward, all of the staff were from abroad, quite a few from easten Europe.<br /><br />All of the staff were excellent, although stretched very thin, but none of them were British by birth (of if they were then they were all putting on some very funny accents to confuse us!)phatboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-36716308292320024742010-02-27T19:57:38.528+00:002010-02-27T19:57:38.528+00:00training?
half the locum GPs in inner cities bare...training?<br /><br />half the locum GPs in inner cities barely understand English, and its as bad in some of our hospitals<br /><br />this is one of those professions where good native language should be mandated<br /><br />its a much bigger problem than the politically correct are prepared to admitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-10958430032949462502010-02-27T17:58:42.632+00:002010-02-27T17:58:42.632+00:00Thank you - I'm very flattered that both yours...Thank you - I'm very flattered that both yourself and the Jobbing Doctor have picked up on my post!<br /><br />One thing I should have said was that the MEE are taking submissions from individuals about this, and so if you or any of your readers would like to offer their comments, you can <a href="http://www.mee.nhs.uk/our_work/work_priorities/evaluation_of_2-year_medical_f.aspx" rel="nofollow">download the form at the MEE website</a>.<br /><br />Thanks again,<br />Nick.nmg20https://www.blogger.com/profile/01222824886969156241noreply@blogger.com