Comments by "TJ Marx" (@tjmarx) on "NHS waiting lists hit new record high of 7.7 million" video.

They already have fair pay.
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@robertovienescu8580 I'm neither of those things. In fact I've had the last 18 years in medicine. I'm telling you from first hand account, they already have fair pay.
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@justadude8369 This unionist idea that the only thing that keeps anyone in a job is amount they're being paid is nonsense. Whilst I understand greed is all that motivates union bosses, there are in fact many more factors to retention than simple salary/wage. The idea that retention is the cause of shortfalls is equally folly. All roles have people leaving for retirement, sea change, or other personal reasons. This has always been the case. Normally you would have an equal or greater number of new graduates entering a field to replace those leaving. There are multiple factors driving the skills shortage, not just in medicine but across the economies of most OECD nations. 1. Declining natural growth. When domestic birth rate declines there are fewer people to go around. 2. An aging population. When there are fewer young people than those of retirement age, there are fewer people to go around with higher demand. 3. High unskilled immigration. This increases demand and thus cost of living whilst further diluting the skilled workers to go around with higher demand. 4. There are not enough graduates choosing medicine in this case (but really this applies across the skills shortage) to meet demand. The aging population problem will take care of itself naturally given enough time. We just have to do what we can to bide that time without making any large shifts to population. The high unskilled immigration problem is why it would seem both sides of the aisle now agree that the borders need to be secured and immigration more selective. As much as the bleeding hearts wish they could make everyone in the world wealthy that isn't how economics work. Decline in natural growth is a function of equality. It's necessary so we just have to deal with it. If we want to do something about climate change we need to increase population decline many times over before the end of the century. As for me, neurological & behavioural specialist with formal training in cardio-thoracic, sleep medicine and epidemiology. I'm one of those sea changers who moved to head a multinational science advocacy non-profit. 🙂 hbu? Edit: Fixed a typo
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@ceceo9480 Yes mate, they absolutely are. Exceptionally fair in fact.
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@randylahey2607 No idea what you're on about
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@ceceo9480 Of course during the quarantine I was actually in the thick of the response. It has nothing to do with now. Yes, they absolutely get fair pay.
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The wheels going in keirens head when Matthew Taylor says the doctor strikes cancelled a million appointments. So he abandons the labour campaign talking points from the first half of the video completely and simply replies "well that's the point of strikes".. 😂😂😂 Then why does this video exist? And using the nutfield trust to play with words and manipulate. lol. If you cancel a million appointments because of strike action then those waiting increases. The wait lists increased because of strike action. That's objective fact.
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@piddlydiddly No. The strikes are happening because of fear over inflation and union greed.
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