Doctors' morale record low new poll claims
A survey of more than 1,400 doctors found that 69% would not recommend a career in medicine. The same number said morale fell in the last year. The study for Hospital Doctor magazine found that many doctors blamed Labour government targets and reforms for their ill-feeling. Some 54% of those surveyed by Hospital Doctor said morale was "poor" or "terrible" with only 2% of doctors described their level of morale at work as "excellent".
The Department of Health said the Healthcare Commission's survey suggested that more than 75% of the 8,059 medical staff questioned remain "generally satisfied". In a statement, it said: "We know that there have been problems with the recruitment process into specialty programmes and apologise for the stress this is causing junior doctors.
When asked as to how NHS reforms had affected their morale, 47% of Doctors said they were unhappy with the government's reconfiguration of hospital services.
And 63% said changing workloads had damaged morale, while almost half said junior doctors at their NHS trust had "terrible" morale ever since the introduction of changes to specialist training.
Stephen Campion, chief executive of the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association, said the results of the poll left him "saddened".
He said: "Traditionally, many doctors have followed in their parents' footsteps and increasingly we are hearing doctors saying they wished they hadn't recommended a career in medicine to their children.
"This is indicative of the extreme frustration and low morale hospital doctors are feeling."
From:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6547379.stm
Health Direct worries for the future of the NHS when Labour's meddling and underfunding will have a long term detrimental effect on the NHS.
On Feb 19, 07 in Disillusioned doctors say Labour decade of reform has failed NHS Health Direct posted that most doctors believe that Labour has failed to reform the NHS and that funding by taxation alone will not improve the quality of care. An online poll of more than 3,000 doctors carried out for The Times offers the most striking picture yet of the level of disillusionment within the profession. Most say that the billions of pounds injected into the service since 2002 have not been well spent and that services have not improved.
In a surprisingly strong rejection of the Labour Government’s belief that taxation is the only way to pay for the NHS, 79 per cent of respondents doubted that the highest standards expected of the NHS could be sustained through taxation alone after 2008, when the huge annual increases in funding will drop off.
The Department of Health said the Healthcare Commission's survey suggested that more than 75% of the 8,059 medical staff questioned remain "generally satisfied". In a statement, it said: "We know that there have been problems with the recruitment process into specialty programmes and apologise for the stress this is causing junior doctors.
When asked as to how NHS reforms had affected their morale, 47% of Doctors said they were unhappy with the government's reconfiguration of hospital services.
And 63% said changing workloads had damaged morale, while almost half said junior doctors at their NHS trust had "terrible" morale ever since the introduction of changes to specialist training.
Stephen Campion, chief executive of the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association, said the results of the poll left him "saddened".
He said: "Traditionally, many doctors have followed in their parents' footsteps and increasingly we are hearing doctors saying they wished they hadn't recommended a career in medicine to their children.
"This is indicative of the extreme frustration and low morale hospital doctors are feeling."
From:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6547379.stm
Health Direct worries for the future of the NHS when Labour's meddling and underfunding will have a long term detrimental effect on the NHS.
On Feb 19, 07 in Disillusioned doctors say Labour decade of reform has failed NHS Health Direct posted that most doctors believe that Labour has failed to reform the NHS and that funding by taxation alone will not improve the quality of care. An online poll of more than 3,000 doctors carried out for The Times offers the most striking picture yet of the level of disillusionment within the profession. Most say that the billions of pounds injected into the service since 2002 have not been well spent and that services have not improved.
In a surprisingly strong rejection of the Labour Government’s belief that taxation is the only way to pay for the NHS, 79 per cent of respondents doubted that the highest standards expected of the NHS could be sustained through taxation alone after 2008, when the huge annual increases in funding will drop off.
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