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Reply | Verdicts from the riots
at 19:08 24 Sep 2024
I'm waiting for the Secret Barrister to explain the judgement.  |
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Thread | Verdicts from the riots
at 15:39 24 Sep 2024
The not guilty plea cases in the magistrates courts and more serious ones going to crown court are starting to trickle through. Some posters said that this would be the test of whether there is anything in the claim of "two-tier justice". At the time there were also allegations of "two-tier policing". For example, there was the case of the mob that surrounded the Birmingham pub, hospitalised a customer unwise enough to venture outside, and tried to slash the tyre on a Sky broadcast crew van. Well, one of the few persons charged that day has now appeared in court. The verdict is likely to add grist to the mill.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/man-filmed-at-protest-carrying-stick-clear
We are still waiting to hear what happens to Ricky Jones early next year. [Post edited 24 Sep 15:40]
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Reply | Starmer! Wow!
at 09:02 24 Sep 2024
The argument that the main pay problem comes near the bottom of the scale seems plausible, but when one thinks about doctor emigration the difficulty is that it is not at this early stage that most UK doctors who emigrate leave. I amused myself by looking at a few stats (please skip if too boring).
There are just under 300,000 doctors licensed to practice medicine in the UK.
The GMC states that in 2022 the number joining the workforce was about double the number leaving.
Just over half of joiners in 2022 were doctors trained outside the UK and EU.
Nearly a quarter of the 72,000 plus resident (formerly junior) doctors are in FY1 and 2. This is slightly less than the number of doctors in core training and around half the number of those who are specialist registrars (i.e. still in training).
Recent expansions in UK medical education means that there are growing numbers of new UK graduates in the Foundation Programme. However, overseas doctors who have completed a recognised internship abroad do not enter the Foundation Programme and many are in the higher resident doctor grades.
Few if any doctors in the Foundation Programme emigrate at that stage as those in FY1 are not licensed to practice unsupervised, and FY2 have only just got on to the full GMC register.
There does appear to be a problem with many taking a break after FY2, with some of these then practising medicine abroad. In 2020/21 70% took a break at this stage. However, a 2018 GMC Report (Training Pathways 2) found that over 90% return to UK specialty training within 3 years. Leaving for a break is often attributed to burnout.
The largest category of doctors leaving the register are speciality and specialist doctors (the grades below consultants) and locally employed doctors (mainly temporary posts), In 2022, 5296 SAS and LE doctors left the UK register, compared with 2944 consultants and 565 doctors in training. That last figure shows that it is not the resident doctors who are the main group of leavers. Emigration comes later for most. Note that some of the above figures involve retirement or career change.
In 2022, of the various ethnic groups that make up the medical workforce, Egyptian, Irish and the ‘All other nationalities’ group were most likely to leave the UK workforce, and Nigerian and British-born doctors were the least likely to leave. Many of the 'all other nationalities' doctors entered the workforce through the European Economic Area (EEA) route, which is associated with shorter stays in post.
So looking at the above, the permanent leavers seem to be mainly doctors past their training, and the majority are not British graduates but overseas-trained doctors moving on. There is a problem of career breaks after FY2, which may be due to burn out and may be affected by poor morale linked to pay, but this is a short-term effect as most return to specialty training within 3 years. How retention and medical migration relate to pay, and especially pay in the Foundation Programme, therefore seems quite complicated. Most doctors seem to leave just as their pay is rising significantly, although there may be an issue with those stuck in the grades below consultant. It may be true that even at that stage countries like Australia, New Zealand and Canada offer better pay and working conditions, but there are only so many vacancies there and there are many other countries around the globe where pay is much worse than in the UK.
https://www.gmc-uk.org/-/media/documents/workforce-report-2023-full-report_pdf-1
https://www.gmc-uk.org/-/media/documents/dc11392-training-pathways-report_pdf-75 [Post edited 24 Sep 13:49]
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Reply | Putin
at 16:43 23 Sep 2024
Could Ireland be a neutral country with no combat-capable navy or air force if the RAF. RN, and indeed NATO (not a member) didn't exist? The Irish Air Corp has no fighter or bomber aircraft. The Irish Naval Service has only 4 active patrol vessels, with 4 more in reserve. |
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Reply | Virgin Media problem
at 15:43 23 Sep 2024
I disabled flood protection as recommended in the OP, but still have some occasional minor buffering with VM when some of the multi choice games are selected. Is anybody else in the same boat? |
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Reply | Putin
at 15:35 23 Sep 2024
Problem there is: would the Baltic States or Moldova be safe? Plus: what would happen to the Polish territory in the Suwalki Gap? |
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Reply | Starmer! Wow!
at 15:26 23 Sep 2024
Didn't you mean if she took him up Central Park?  Labour is a very liberal party now mind. [Post edited 23 Sep 15:28]
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Reply | Starmer! Wow!
at 15:07 23 Sep 2024
Re the junior (now "resident") doctor salaries, I thought they deserved a bit more, but not as much as they got in the one deal. It adds a bit of context if we look at the way the salary scale rose quite quickly. The starting basic salary of £29, 384 in 2022/23 was for Foundation Year 1 when the trainees are closely supervised and only have provisional GMC registration. This rose to nearly £60K for those in the late stages of specialty training. In addition to that there were/are extra payments for on-call and weekend working. By the end of the strikes earlier this year they were already on a higher 2023/24 salary scale albeit not one they had accepted. This was revised upwards to run from £36. 616 basic pay in FY1 to £63,152 in the final years of specialty training. From later this year the 2024-25 salaries will increase by another 8%. There are then higher salaries for specialty doctors (i.e. those who complete training and are on the GMC specialist register) and consultants. And at the top many have private work to supplement their NHS income. So not too bad. [Post edited 23 Sep 15:20]
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Reply | Favourite films atm ?
at 07:03 23 Sep 2024
Amazon Prime. Not free-to-air as yet, at least not in UK. |
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Reply | Favourite films atm ?
at 16:45 22 Sep 2024
Not so easy to post a picture here because I think it need to be put on a website, Wiki has one already, but probably not as good as your's.
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Reply | Starmer! Wow!
at 13:52 22 Sep 2024
The optics would be okay, but I'd expect the audio to be the deal breaker.  |
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Reply | Putin
at 11:25 22 Sep 2024
At least two other big ammunition storage facilities have been hit in recent days, and then there is that unfortunate crater where the Satan II (RS-28 Sarmat) ICBM test site used to be.
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Reply | Bulet for the Bullet
at 18:24 21 Sep 2024
Think about this. Wouldn't we miss them being there if that happened. No more days like today...  |
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Reply | Coventry City v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 17:04 21 Sep 2024
Ah well, squeaked through to come away with a good result. After his "though ball" last week, Ronald went one better today and got on the scoresheet. Not so smart to lean to his left given where he was standing. Or am I being too harsh? |
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Reply | Coventry City v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 16:34 21 Sep 2024
We have gone very negative. Lots of passing back to the keeper and virtually no press in the Coventry half so that we cede ground to them. [Post edited 21 Sep 16:35]
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Reply | Lucky he wasn’t a sub postmaster
at 10:52 21 Sep 2024
Sometimes one wonders just how connected some members of the judiciary are to the ordinary world. |
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Reply | Favourite films atm ?
at 20:24 20 Sep 2024
Just watched Keith's pick on Prime., and enjoyed the film. The leading lady's performance prompted me to look up Marjorie Stewart, the real life SOE operative. However, it seems that she actually played only an administrative support role rather than being a field agent. She wasn't quite as glamorous as Eiza Gonzalez either, although she had a successful singing and acting career. The sad thing was that Marjorie married Gus soon after Operation Postmaster, but he was killed within a year. |
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Reply | Starmer! Wow!
at 17:38 20 Sep 2024
Looks like Harriet's scolding worked. Keir, Ange and Rachel have put out a joint statement saying that will now accept no more gifts of clothing. Apparently, Ange and Rachel have also received some free wardrobe enhancements in the past. [Post edited 20 Sep 20:10]
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