In part its is qualification inflation. Where once a bachelors degree got the job, now you need a Masters. Universities like Masters degrees as they can set their own fees and numbers, so these stude… (View Post)

Yes, the Government won't expand the number of postgraduate training places. Indeed as the money for these comes via NHS England, which has just been abolished, it's possibly going to be ev… (View Post)

Yes, the real bottleneck is postgraduate training. The number of these posts is unchanged (apart from General Practice) for 20 years. Without these posts we are just exporting staff to Australia beca… (View Post)

Though when I asked our Medical School about increased numbers of students as part of the NHS plan, they said there was no expansion. Tumbleweed from the DoH. It's cheaper and easier to import N… (View Post)

They are doing the Philly cheese stack at the moment which is really rather good, and I recommend the chili cheeseburger too. Better coffee than the coffee chains too. (View Post)