My wife is an NHS consultant. We know she has a well-paid job, even allowing for the real-terms cuts, but her primary concern is (and always has been) pulling the drawbridge up behind them. Medical students are even more indebted than their peers, thanks to the length of the course. This is all about privatisation and, when enough doctors jump ship, we are doomed. They will be blamed, but this is on the politicians.
Well said. I am a junior doctor and I am doing a career change right now. I qualified in 2017 and I do not think that people of my generation are going to have it as good as consultants in prior years have had. In the 1990s/2000s, a newly appointed NHS consultant could comfortably sustain a family of 4. That is no longer the case anymore. Hence, the efforts required to train to become a consultant don't justify the rewards.
GP's no longer want to become partners, they just collect a salary and leave at the end of their shift due to the working conditions and pay. Across the NHS from all specialities, at all stages in training there are massive numbers of doctors and healthcare providers due to stress- that is the responsibility of this government, regardless of the damage Blaire did to general practice in the long term which always a tory talking point.
Unfortunately Conservatives and Labour have been slowly dismantling/underfunding and privatising the NHS for 20 odd years. Voting labour is not going to change anything, sorry but it's really that simple.
@@segue2ant395 Go on… state the crimes then?… Shouldn’t be too hard since you know enough to put a man behind bars. You must be one of the best detectives of all time considering not even Labour Party investigators can produce anything to do with any prosecutable illegal actions… Do you have any published work? Where did you get your training and how long have you been in the industry?
@@jack_brownWMD nonsense - i support their protest in total but seems they were gaslighted again and could not stand the pressure ... pitty they do love their patients more than their own decent life .... I call that sense of responsibilty - unknown in politics !
He should have told you not to trust any political party. I wonder why the cost of living has gone up since the last Labour Party? The government are one and the same
@@jimtomo9207 You're not even clever enough to know that comment doesn't make sense, are you? Read it carefully and see if you can figure it out. My money is on you won't be able to. Ask someone of average intelligence to explain the contradictions to you.
As a scientist I love to see graphs. These graphs are devastating for the Tories and say everything we need to know. I wish we had more public appreciation and these would be used in powerful political campaigning
Yep, every time a Tory government got in NHS funding was slashed. Further this time because of Cameron's decision for hard austerity measures which were supposed to result in growth.. In actual fact the US abstained from austerity and the growth happened. Interesting huh?
Those graphs should be shown by Labour and all the other parties to the tory soles. Record investment by this government? He forgets to add LOWS to his statements. They can and, should hit the energy companies with more fair tax, higher that is, not lower, and the bulls hit about directors leaving does not cut it. A bloke named david buik used to spew that years ago. Where are they all going to? It's not like in the transport industry now, there's a shortage of HGV drivers, all due to these soles and BREXIT crap they peddled.
@@Cornodebassetto I know that - I grew up under 5 years of Blair's Labour and then the other three for Brown then the real crisis hit. Austerity. Cameron thought it would improve growth. Inherently wrong.
Facts. That's the info, and graphs, they threw at us under lockdowns. They said, trust the science. Now they ignore the graph, funny that. They don't deal in facts and reality on the ground. Just making excuses for profiting of the backs of the people.
He is the first prime minister that I have witnessed in my lifetime that holds the public that he serves with such contempt. During the cost of living crisis, he never answered a single question and kept away for most of it. Now he surfaced again and the seething look on his face and defensive attitude is not what is needed during a crisis. I hope he is investigated for all the deals that he has made to benefit himself and his extended family in the near future.
As a great English man once said .. ‘Chat Sh*t, Get Banged!’ I reckon 90% of politicians could do with a right hook to bring them back into the real world
@@MT-kx2uc Trump or as a lot of people call him, the Dump 😂🤣 Same goes for Johnson. They were both a threat to national security and Sunak is just as bad.
It's music to the Tories' ears when they hear about NHS staff giving up and leaving the service. That's what they WANT, they want it to collapse so they can replace it with the American model. It's already effectively privatised, since it's mandated that most of their so-called funding just goes straight back out and into the pockets of private contractors with outsourcing. All that's really left is the principle of its being free at the point of use, and that will be the element they will concentrate on removing next. They know they've probably only got a year to finish the hatchet job, so expect efforts to be stepped up.
I often wonder why a msm programme cant just hold up the graphs in front of Sunak and the viewers and dispell any bs Tory propaganda. Would take 2 minutes.
None of them ever seem to have actual material ready beyond just questions. It's seriously infuriating, because it has allowed them to get away with so much.
There is an implicit agreement between the MSM and the government, the government keeps sending people on to their shows and in return the MSM doesn’t hold their feet to the fire. If LBC made Sunak suffer like you suggest (and he deserves) he won’t go on LBC again
@@Adamfandangogive more time to the opposition then. Tell the audience they invited the government to attend, but nobody wanted to show up If journalists did their job the government would crack pretty quickly
Sunak’s family made their money by running pharmacies. It’s not a great entrepreneurial feat. He always claims how hard they worked and how he helped out. Anyone would think he was crawling on his belly in a coal seam. It’s a captive clientele that is supported by the NHS. However how he made is massive fortune was by finding a rich woman to marry. Simple hey Rishi……..
Also made himself a pretty tidy sum during the 2008 crash working for Goldman Sachs. Enjoys getting filthy rich out of disaster & destruction does our PM. That’s nice to type. So it’s no surprise his ‘richer than royalty’ wife’s family business has close ties to the Kremlin. Where there’s disaster & destruction, there’s lots of money to be made… disaster capitalism in full effect.
How I laughed at the clapping for NHS staff. My mother worked full time as a nursing auxiliary, then healthcare assistant in the NHS for 50 years. Ask any doctor or nurse; healthcare assistants are the backbone of the NHS. My mother NEVER earned over £20k throughout her whole career and suffered abuse and racism on a nearly daily basis. Despite this she loved her job and retired in her eighties. The hypocrisy of the clapping was stomach turning.
The NHS is an organisation run by so called medical “professionals” for the benefit of so called medical “professionals” - patients are a major inconvenience.
It started out with the best of intentions, but then the press and politicians picked it up and decided that's better than paying them more. I still remember the Tories voting NOT to give them a pay rise literally in the middle of COVID. Talk about a punch to the throat. Portray them as heroes on one hand then deny them their just rewards on the other. Sickening.
@@TalesOfWar NHS doctors are among the highest paid in Europe but provide one of the worst services in Europe. British taxpayers are getting poor value for money.
We get arrested and charged for egging or milkshaking these people while they ruin lives. I don't advocate violence but somethung like even stepping in their way or getting in their vicinity to make ourselves heard gets you in shit. We have no voice... its not a democracy!
Cos he rarely goes anywhere. Even the Speaker commented on how rarely Little Rishi appears in the House. When he goes anywhere outside...he gets cat-called.
He doesn’t go travel where there is a risk or meeting regular people. Everyone he meets is either a politician, civil servant, his employee or security.
@@Jay92925 if as is the case, doctors in other advanced European countries are paid lower salaries but provide a superior level of service to their NHS counterparts, it follows that British doctors are overpaid by international standards.
@@taffyterrier'overpaid by international standards' what are you talking about? If other doctors are paid less that is irrelevant and does not highlight that they are also paid much more elsewhere, and by superior service are you talking about the NHS as a whole? Doctors can make a better living elsewhere hence they are leaving the UK, that says it all really
@@taffyterrierso when you need that overpaid doctor, because life can sometimes throw you a spanner, and he/she isn’t there, what are you going to do ? Call Rishi ? Maybe Boris ? Liz ? Any of them overpaid ? It’s this bloody simple mate, doctors, nurses, consultants and ALL the other services within the NHS are “ NEEDED “, without them people die, fact, pay them the bloody money and get on with it !
Sunak was allowed to take control of the interview, he constantly raised his voice so he couldn’t be drowned out and he didn’t let the interviewer get a word in!
Call me a cynic...underfund the NHS and it won't perform....we need to bring in "private services" (which we are already doing), to bolster the services. Step by step, a move towards privatisation of the NHS. Let's hope we get them out before they destroy anymore of the NHS.
The more I watch this channel the more I appreciate the quality of the journalism you provide. Great commentary and analysis Michael this is excellently done.
You do realise these political channels just cheer pick data to get your vote don't you? The real question should be why the cost of living gone up since the last Labour government
Someone needs to put Sunak in a room with Dr Julia Grace Patterson, go read her new book Critical by the way, very insightful into why the NHS is struggling and why politicians have betrayed the service.
Oh wow look at his face when the doctor sticks it on him. He can't stand to hear its their fault. He lives in a bubble and doesnt want to understand. Unbelievable
I'm still on a waiting list, been waiting since the start of april in 2021. Not to be seen until december 2025. Utter disgrace although it's been an issue ever since they got into power in 2010. Also that pay deal acceptance is another real terms pay cut. 6.5% isn't enough and it's also coming out of the budget too. The 160.4 billion budget they have up from 155.4 last year.
Well, currently the NHS budget is around 160 billion. To get such an amount of money from one percent tax, these households would have to earn 100 timer 160 billion pounds a year. That is way more than the UK yearly budget. This simple math shows that you don't know what you are talking about
Other than on official visit this man has never used a public service. From school to hospital to helicopters - it’s all private. Which is fine - if you can afford it - use it. But don’t pretend to be empathetic or pretend to be competent.
And even if PMQs were on... its just Deflection, Deflection, Deflection, Lies , Lies , Lies. PMQs is pointless with existing parliamentary rules that allow the the government of the day not to be held accountable for their utter failures. Whoever in power. Lib Dem, Labour, or Tory or anyone else we should a expect a democracy to allow accountability and scrutiny
@@joshuaherbert2472 Indeed, and the Trump charges today go to show the systems in both America and here need fixing. And quick before democracy truly is dead.
I love that they muted every caller the minute they'd finished their question, then left it to Gammon Mike to hold the Prime Miniature accountable. So very telling.
It's tragic that the nurses gave in. These arrogant shifts are even more emboldened to screw the little people. This wouldn't happen here in France where people get of their butt's and fight.
@@helenswan705they are just making us doctors angrier. They need to stop being so insulting and come to the table. They underestimate how angry doctors are as a proffesion. Also the strikes aren’t wearing us down, they are actually massively improving our quality of life. Many of us have a base contract of 48 hours before you even consider overtime, we struggle to get leave because we are constantly forced to move jobs. Having 3-5 days every month to spend with family, catch up on our portfolios etc has been a blessing.
@@helenswan705 honestly my physical and mental health is the best it’s been since I became a doctor! Events I would have missed but got to go to due to strikes include my cousins 21st birthday, my best friends 25th birthday and my grandparents wedding anniversary! I even got to go and visit my friends newborn baby and help her out in the first few days post birth which I never would have been able to do. How can I not feel blessed to get to attend those types of events that I was rota’ed to miss, and never would have been able to get that time back with my loved ones. Even more surprisingly I’ve really got back into actually studying/researching medical related topics. I knew I was burnt out but the strikes for me have been a real blessing, and certainly helped me find my passion for medicine again! My thirst for learning and knowledge has come back which I never thought I’d say. Honestly we appreciate the public support, we are all NHS users too anyway! (It’s not like we can afford private care). We just want to secure our future and the safety of healthcare for ourselves and our loved ones
The tories always blame everyone else why can't they just grow apair and admit their to blame because they haven't got a clue what their doing ,he's a disgrace and needs to step down
Rather than pay a decent wage to junior doctors and hiring staff they run on skelton staff, get a couple off sick and in come to locums on £96 an hour. On a 12 hour shift they’re making almost £1000 for one shift. What it has cost with the strikes and cost for locums the government could have paid the money they asked for in the first place🙄
@@taffyterrier"Junior doctors are paid more than enough in Australia" Finished your sentence for you! Guess where lots of junior doctors are moving to?
@@ozzie2612 I realise British educational standards have been significantly lowered over the past 35 years but even the new breed of dumbed down doctors should know that 106% is more than 100%.
Don,t let the B,stards get you down You are worth more than any of those liars .You are a unique human being .please don,t let them win your half way there you can make it .
Another brilliant show. Really appreciate the graphs detailing Tory cutbacks. I worked for a charity and NHS, and from 2010 saw the brutal slashing/cutbacks of care services. It was devastating. Keep up the great work. Thank you 😊 I agree with Emma’s summing up of Sunak 👿
Would dearly love to see him and his pals being interviewed by a hard nosed British Detective, how long would it take till they burst into tears after being verbally cornered then have to start telling the truth.
I can’t wait for this governor to be ousted. They’ve done absolutely everything on the cheap. They make me sick. The even sadder thing, is the Labour Party don’t look like they’ll be much better. I’m very disappointed in the state of the country. This amazingly articulate doctor tells it like it is. However Rishi does not. They want to ruin the NHS so that it easier to privatise the services that haven’t already been.
If doctors strikes are causing waits to go up, get to the table and engage in genuine talks to address this. Or stuff your wait lists. Abject failure of leadership
I think that is one of the huge issues with all of this, the government were invited to talks long before we considered striking but it took us to go on strike for them to even have an initial meeting. They made demand, walked out and refused to negotiate again. The government are a joke
Things were actually a lot better when labour were in government... of course no surprise to me. Tories have quite litesly plummeted this country into the ground.
@@topcat5553 It clearly is worth it for them as medical schools are massively oversubscribed - I believe 7 people apply for each place leaving 6 out of 7 applicants disappointed. And they pay approx. £10k a year towards the cost of their education which amounts to £50k for the 5 year course. The other £50k is for their living costs.
Thanks for the video.... I am a doctor. I am meant to have restraint understanding, empathy.... If I had sat opposite Rishi, I couldn't promise taking my shoe off and using it. Absolute absolving of government responsibility and the 'hidden agenda' of privatisation by tories
They haven’t bought waitlists down, they just move us onto different waitlist. We move from waiting to be diagnosed list to treatment waiting list. For reference the NHS charter says we should be seen in 18 weeks for non urgent care.
He’s quite happy about his spectacular time wasting and taxpayer wasting ‘schemes’ and failings across the board right now He resigned when Boris was PM and withdrew his Labour - because he could If he says ‘deliver’ and ‘support’ one More time. - my head will explode!
