The Greens are intoxicatingly optimistic at the moment. A different kind of populism. (View Post)

That makes perfect sense if employer NICs are making low-wage employers more expensive. We saw this in Scotland in the early 2010s. Increasing unemployment = productivity growth. As employment subseq… (View Post)

Perhaps in some cases but the overall applicant: placement ratio is 5:1 (though there is some double counting). For other specialisms like psychiatry it's 20:1. DYOR. I'm getting a mix of Scottish/En… (View Post)

I think we're producing enough doctors but don't have enough Foxys to train up people like my partner. It would take a brave politician to reduce current provision in order to generate more capacity … (View Post)

There is some sort of pending disaster with GP training - there are apparently thousands of new doctors who can't find a placement, and weirdly there is an issue with some GPs being forced to go part… (View Post)