Comments by "Daniel Bradford" (@Falconlibrary) on "NHS is hiring too many foreign staff, says Keir Starmer | Headliners" video.

  1. When I lived in Los Angeles, I was treated only once in twenty years by an American. Everyone else had been born and often trained abroad. Often, I enjoyed excellent care, but there were linguistic and cultural gaps between the doctors and me that sometimes hindered my care. I had a problem with a persistent infection that no foreign-trained doctor diagnosed correctly, but the US-born and -trained physician diagnosed and treated it correctly, solving a problem that had plagued me for 18 months. I have many relatives who are doctors and nurses and I know why there's a shortage: the working conditions are bad and getting worse, the training is long and expensive, and the salaries just aren't keeping pace with the effort required to obtain them. I imagine it's the same with the NHS. I was an NHS patient in 2004: I got injured and was told to go to the nearest community clinic. I was treated promptly, effectively, and courteously. NHS never asked for my passport or any sort of identification and never asked to be paid for the treatment they gave me. My followup care in the States was horrible by comparison, both in quality of treatment and in service (I had to wait six hours to be seen by the doctor, and that's with an appointment). The NHS is a marvel and Brits should fight to keep it at all costs.
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