Successive governments? Totally agree!
All the publicised empty posts, are not recruited as the hospitals cannot fund them in practice. After spending 6 years studying, accruing a massive student debts, (twice as much as the normal loan); the next stage training jobs should be guaranteed. News flash - they are not!
Another myth buster - the same graduates are not the product of the wealthiest homes and education in the land, my child and the majority their circle of med student friends had average parents, with average jobs, were state educated in a local comp, and had no money tree growing in their front gardens to cushion them.
When and if they manage to secure and complete their foundation years, and specialist training finding a consultant position that is permanent, is the next challenge or should I say, increasingly ‘needle in a haystack’.
There should be anger about this - directed at politicians who spend taxpayers money with empty promises to the population as regards running a robust health service, and the bright people that sacrifice their young lives in high service and study - and increasingly without a career to put all of that into practice.
Total disgrace.