Il Regno Unito è “inospitale” e “razzista” nei confronti degli operatori sanitari del servizio sanitario nazionale all’estero, avverte un importante medico
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-health-workers-racism-immigration-b2890833.html
di tylerthe-theatre
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If they are good at their job and actually care, it doesn’t matter where they’re from. My dad has an amazing physiotherapist from India, can’t sing his praises high enough. On the other hand, my husband was severely neglected on a hospital ward a year ago after major surgery by African nurses who clearly needed more training.
What’s the medias obsession with calling anyone who’s a government stooge the “top doctor”. I can very much reassure you Jeanette Dickson is not a top doctor, not even a mediocre doctor, but she does like political leadership roles like royal college president while doing f all of any use to doctors or patients while in these roles
Agree based on my recent experience.
I had a few nurses involved in my care, and the older white nurse was pretty forward with her racist views when it was just us two – and also being very blunt with the black nurse that was caring for me.
It’s really hard to challenge these people when you are vulnerable and reliant on them to even pee so I kept my mouth shut for my own safety, but it’s not the first time I’ve seen British professionals talk to the overseas workers as though they’re second class citizens.
My neighbour is an African immigrant working in patient care and she’s honestly the kindest lady I’ve ever met. I feel so bad that she’ll be facing the same shit day in day out from these hateful idiots.
Doctors are allegedly in demand, so why if Britain is a nasty racist s-hole why is there no shortage (?) of them seeking to work and live in the UK?
First of all, big respect to all of the NHS staff who treated me over the years. Never noticed a diminution in kindness and treatment quality, irrespective of where they come from.
That being said there is an artificial bottle neck that we have for our young people where we choose not to spend the money to train them and instead import from overseas. This is wrong on two levels. Firstly, we piggyback off the hard work of other countries and secondly we stifle the life chances of our own.
I don’t see a solution other than actually putting them the money in to train our talented young people.
This is fucking bollocks. Absolutely BS. We actively recruit overseas health staff and they are the backbone of the NHS. The overwhelming majority of patients are grateful for their treatment by overseas workers, particularly Indians and Filipinos. That there may be a small minority who aren’t doesn’t mean “the UK” is unwelcoming and racist.
The white people of the UK are biting the hands that heal them.
I had a foreign HMO/doctor barely able to speak English (and had his personal phone ring multiple times) during a very serious talk regarding a close relative. Now if that was an English doctor, the experience would have been far easier to understand and take in, than the confusion and questions we were left in during the shock. His English was far too poor to really work in his patient facing role – I know they have to pass a test, but a lot of countries have issues with plagiarism etc around these anyway.
Now that’s not to say during the same time, we didn’t have many fabulous foreign doctors/nurses, but to just play the racism card isn’t the right solution. There are just certain things through either poor communication skills or different training, that does mean hard questions may have to be asked of foreign staff (and support/training. given if needed).
Maybe if the BMA did not gatekeep the profession and limit training places we would not require overseas doctors.