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Aren't NHS medical workers in a constant state of protest over low wages and bad working conditions? I know the doctor/nurse brain drain from Canada and the UK
by petcat 3mo ago
Aren't NHS medical workers in a constant state of protest over low wages and bad working conditions? I know the doctor/nurse brain drain from Canada and the UK to the US used to be really bad. I haven't seen what the statistics are recently.
[0] https://www.marketplace.org/story/2024/02/19/uk-nhs-doctor-strike-us-canada https://www.marketplace.org/story/2024/02/19/uk-nhs-doctor-s...
- rainingmonkey 3mo agoThis is largely due to deliberate underfunding by a succession of governments taking ~~bribes~~ lobbying from private healthcare firms. https://privatisation.everydoctor.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/MPs-Interests-Report-Format-v.3-March-2026.pdf https://privatisation.everydoctor.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/...
- rjh29 3mo agoIt's complicated. They are underpaid relative to inflation, but there's also a massive queue of graduates who want to replace them. If the govt aquiesces to their demands then they may need to do the same for other unions.